Details

Date1889
AuthorBaillon
ContributionGave name Malassezia furfur to fungal agent of pityriasis versicolor and separated it from ringworm.
ReferenceAnon.
NotesMuch later the name became Pityrosporum furfur. See 1846, 1853.
CategoryCausation
Pathogen ClassFungi

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