[Table/Fig-2]:

Demographic and microbiological data of studied PV patients and control individuals.

Descriptive Data of the Studied Groups	PV Patients (n=137)	Healthy Individuals (n=30)	p-value
Gender Male (%) Female (%)	70 (51 %) 67 (49%)	21 (70%) 9 (30%)	0.070**
Age (mean±SD) years	25.5±8.3	21.5±9.2	0.197*
KOH results (no. %)	129 (94.2%)	4 (13.3%)	0.0001**
Culture isolates (no. %)	98 (71.5%)	5 (16.7%)	0.0001**
Identified Malassezia Species (By both phenotypic and molecular methods)	M. furfur (44) M. globosa (24) M. restricta (10) M. sympodialis (12) M. obtusa (4) M. pachydermatis (4)	M. furfur (3) M. globosa (2)

**calculated by Fisher-exact test

*calculated by Student t-test