defining characteristics
Hyper- or hypopigmented patches with readily inducible scale; chest & back; warm/moist environment; usually asymptomatic but may be pruritic
disease development
Colonization at birth that peaks in early adult life with increased sebaceous gland activity
Unclear factors trigger overgrowth & conversion of yeast to pathogenic hyphal form
potential causes
Malassezia furfur (P. ovale, P.orbiculare; nl skin yeast)
epidemiology
risk factors
People living in warm/ humid climates have higher bacterial carriage
