Malassezia pachydermatis

Malassezia pachydermatis

a fungus occasionally isolated from skin lesions of humans and animals; a rare cause of fungemia in patients receiving intravenous lipids.

Malassezia pachydermatis

A facultatively lipophilic yeast associated with external otitis externa in dogs. Malassezia pachydermatis may cause sepsis in low-birth-weight infants who receive lipid emulsions.

Malassezia pachydermatis

A species that has been transferred from the pet dogs of health care workers to the infants in a neonatal unit.See also: Malassezia