Sketchy Microbiology: Malassezia furfur / Pityriasis Versicolor

Malassezia’s Italian Restaurant – Malessezia Furfur

What does Malessezia Furfur cause?

Pityriasis Versicolor

• Tinea Nigra

• White Piedra

• Black Piedra

Versi di colore sauce — “versicolor” for Pityriasis Versicolor

Woman in Fur Coat — for Malessezia FURFUR

Spaghetti and Meatball w/ KOH salt — Skin scrapings w/ KOH looks like “Spaghetti and Meatballs”

Heat lamps — Malasezzia thrives in hot and humid conditions, and the fungus will convert to disease form in presence of humidity

Sauce patches on chef back and chest — Forms discolored patches on the back and chest

Broken Bottle of Olive Oil — Lipid degradation builds up acid that will cause damage to melanocytes causing loss of pigmentation

Lasagna w/ Corn — found on the stratum corneum is the layer that is damaged (top layer of skin)

Baby slurping Spaghetti — Malessezia fungimia may come with TPN (total parental infusion). Fungus will grow in the catheter of lipid transfusions causes sepsis and thrombocytopenia

Blue stained glass window — Selsum blue (Selenium Sulfate)