title: Tinea versicolor and body lotions.
abstract: A woman complained she had caught her "white spots" from an American sun lotion. The daughter also had them. The mother's spots showed malassezia furfur. The daughter, by a curious coincidence, had developed vitiligo at the same time. As a comfort it was agreed that the sun lotion should be examined for fungal contamination. Scrapings from lesions of patients with tinea versicolor show a typical appearance of malassezia furfur. Roberts (9) cultured specimens from 27 patients and isolated Pitysporum orbiculare in 25.
mesh_terms: D003358:Cosmetics / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008290:Malassezia / Q000187:drug effects; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics