TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Yeast Infections A1 - Ahronowitz, Iris A1 - Leslie, Kieron A2 - Kang, Sewon A2 - Amagai, Masayuki A2 - Bruckner, Anna L. A2 - Enk, Alexander H. A2 - Margolis, David J. A2 - McMichael, Amy J. A2 - Orringer, Jeffrey S. Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, 9e AB - This chapter reviews the spectrum of cutaneous yeast infections caused by Candida and Malassezia yeasts, both of which are frequent commensal organisms on human hosts. Candida behaves as an opportunistic pathogen, producing fairly characteristic patterns of inflammatory skin, mucosal, and nail infection, with the potential to produce invasive and sometimes life-threatening disseminated disease. Malassezia, by contrast, produces several superficial cutaneous patterns is rarely a culprit in systemic disease. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/12 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161339357 ER -