- 著者
- Junya Ninomiya Atsuhiro Nakabayashi Ryota Higuchi Iwao Takiuchi
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society for Medical Mycology
- 雑誌
- 日本医真菌学会雑誌 (ISSN:09164804)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.43, no.3, pp.189-191, 2002-07-30 (Released:2009-12-21)
- 参考文献数
- 8
- 被引用文献数
- 5 9
We report a case of seborrheic blepharitis treated with oral itraconazole during a short period. Direct examination using Parker KOH revealed numerous hyphae and spores of Malassezia in the scale. Low-dose itraconazole pulse therapy (200 mg daily, 7 days a month) was quite effective. This is the second case in which we also observed a unique fungal conformation which looked like tinea versicolor. The evidence strongly suggests that Malassezia is one of the major causative agents of Seborrheic Blepharitis.