Malassezia folliculitis or Pityrosporum folliculitis,  is a skin condition caused by infection by Malassezia (formerly Pityrosporum) yeast. : 314 The skin of the upper trunk area including the back, chest, arms and sometimes the neck is often affected and this condition is often seen in young to middle aged adults, although it has been known to occur in adults well into their sixties, and can also be found on the lower extremities as well. Its diagnosis is based on the pruritic (itchy) papulopustules found in a follicular pattern in these regions.Pustules are caused by an overgrowth of the yeast (a type of fungus) Malassezia furfur (Pityrosporum ovale), which plugs the follicles. M. furfur is lipophilic, requiring fatty acids like what is present in oily skin to proliferate. It has been shown that Malassezia yeast grows by consuming fatty acids with carbon chain lengths C11 to C24. Pityrosporum is part of the normal skin flora, but overgrows in certain conditions. Overgrowth is associated with oily skin, humidity or other pre-existing dermatologic conditions such as seborrheic dermatitis and severe dandruff. See also
Skin lesion
List of cutaneous conditions


== References ==
Amok may refer to:

Running amok, the act of behaving disruptively or uncontrollably. Film
Amok (1934 film), a French film
Amok (1944 film), a Mexican romantic drama
Amok (1983 film), a Moroccan drama

Literature
Amok (comics), an Italian comic book series
Amok (novella), by Stefan Zweig, 1922
Amok, a 1974 novel by Harry Thürk
Amok, a 2003 novel by Krystian Bala

Music
Amok (The Late B.P. Helium album), 2004
Amok (Sentenced album), 1995
Amok (Atoms for Peace album), 2013

Other uses
Steamed curry (Khmer: អាម៉ុក, amŏk), name in Cambodia for a curry steam-cooked in banana leaves
Fish amok, a Cambodian steamed fish curry
Amok (video game), a 1996 video game for the Sega Saturn
Mok language, also known as Amok
Amok (publisher), now Frémok, a Franco-Belgian comics publishing house
Amok Press, a defunct American book imprint

See also
All pages with titles beginning with Amok
All pages with titles containing Amok
"Amok Time", a 1967 episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
Amuck!, a 1972 Italian giallo film
AMOC (disambiguation)