Quantitative analysis of the cutaneous Malassezia microbiota in 770 healthy Japanese by age and gender using a real-time PCR assay

TAKASHI, SUGITA∗, MIHO, SUZUKI ∗, SEIKO GOTO∗, AKEMI NISHIKAWA†, MASATARO, HIRUMA‡ TAKASHI, YAMAZAKI § & KOICHI, MAKIMURA ∗ Department of Microbiology , & † Department of Immunobiology , Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan, ‡Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital , Tokyo, Japan, § Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Ibaraki, Japan, and Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology , Tokyo , Japan