Malassezia
(mal″ă-sēz′ē-ă)
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[Louis Charles Malassez, Fr. physiologist, 1842-1909]
A genus of fungi that is a common cause of superficial skin infections. The organisms are lipophilic. In hospitals, malassezia infections tend to occur in patients receiving lipid infusions. Malassezia infections of the bloodstream result in sepsis.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Malassezia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729741/all/Malassezia.
Malassezia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729741/all/Malassezia. Accessed November 9, 2024.
Malassezia. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729741/all/Malassezia
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