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Is Malassezia the Whole Story?

Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:255-257.

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OVER THE PAST few years, a series of investigators proposed that a common pustular eruption of neonates, called neonatal acne, was in fact a noncomedonal pustular condition associated with Malassezia species.^1-6 Bernier et al⁷ have undertaken an informative examination of this association in their article titled "Skin Colonization by Malassezia Species in Neonates: A Prospective Study and Relation With Neonatal Cephalic Pustulosis." The article raises several issues concerning the pathogenesis, clinical pattern, and appropriate terminology of pustular and acneiform lesions in neonates.

The normal flora of adult skin includes a variety of lipophilic yeast. The main commensal yeast of the skin was thought to be a single polymorphic species, Pityrosporum ovale. Subsequently, 2 species, P ovale and Pityrosporum orbiculare, were postulated to be the primary commensal lipophilic yeast. Pityrosporum is now considered to be a misnomer for the genus, and the yeast has been reclassified as Malassezia. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Skin Colonization by Malassezia Species in Neonates: A Prospective Study and Relationship With Neonatal Cephalic Pustulosis
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