Editing Tinea versicolor (section)

{{Short description|Skin disease}}
{{Distinguish|pityriasis rosea}}
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| synonyms        = Dermatomycosis furfuracea,<ref name="Bolognia" /> pityriasis versicolor,<ref name="Bolognia" /> tinea flava,<ref name="Bolognia">{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St Louis |year=2007 |pages=Chapter 76 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }}</ref> lota
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'''Tinea versicolor''' (also '''pityriasis versicolor''') is a condition characterized by a skin eruption on the trunk and proximal extremities.<ref name="Bolognia" />  The majority of tinea versicolor is caused by the fungus ''[[Malassezia globosa]]'', although ''[[Malassezia furfur]]'' is responsible for a small number of cases.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal |author=Morishita N |author2=Sei Y. |title=Microreview of pityriasis versicolor and ''Malassezia'' species |journal=Mycopathologia |date=December 2006 |volume=162 |issue=6 |pages=373–76 |doi=10.1007/s11046-006-0081-2|pmid=17146580 |s2cid=30397515 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Prohic A |author2=Ozegovic L. |title=''Malassezia'' species isolated from lesional and non-lesional skin in patients with pityriasis versicolor |journal=Mycoses |date=January 2007 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=58–63 |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01310.x|pmid=17302750 |s2cid=25493290 }}</ref> These [[yeasts]] are normally found on the [[human skin]] and become troublesome only under certain conditions, such as a warm and humid environment, although the exact conditions that cause initiation of the disease process are poorly understood.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Weedon, D 2002">{{cite book |author=Weedon, D. |year=2002 |title=Skin pathology |edition=2nd |publisher=Churchill Livingstone |isbn=0-443-07069-5 }}</ref>

The condition pityriasis versicolor was first identified in 1846.<ref name="pmid17642908">{{cite journal |vauthors=Inamadar AC, Palit A |title=The genus ''Malassezia'' and human disease |journal=Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=265–70 |year=2003 |pmid=17642908 |url=http://www.ijdvl.com/text.asp?2003/69/4/265/4990 |access-date=2013-12-26 |archive-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224181528/https://ijdvl.com/issue/2003-69-4/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Versicolor comes from the Latin ''{{lang|la|versāre}}'' 'to turn' + ''color''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=versicolor |encyclopedia=Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/versicolor |access-date=March 2, 2013 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018034222/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/versicolor |url-status=live }}</ref>

It is commonly referred to as Peter Elam's disease in many parts of South Asia.<ref name="PMC4030364">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kaushik A, Pinto HP, Bhat RM, Sukumar D, Srinath MK |title=A study of the prevalence and precipitating factors of pruritus in pityriasis versicolor |journal=Indian Dermatology Online Journal |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=223–224 |year=2014 |doi=10.4103/2229-5178.131141 |pmid=24860771 |pmc=4030364 |doi-access=free }}</ref>