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Descriptor English: Tinea Versicolor
Descriptor Spanish: Tiña Versicolor
Descriptor tiña versicolor
Entry term(s) foliculitis por pitiriasis
infección por Malassezia furfur
infección por Pityrosporum orbiculare
pitiriasis versicolor
Scope note: Trastorno crónico común, no inflamatorio y por lo general asintomático, que se caracteriza por la aparición de placas maculares múltiples, de muy diversos tamaños y formas, y de pigmentación variable, desde el color tostado amarillento claro hasta el color pardo. Se observa con mayor frecuencia en regiones tropicales calientes y húmedas, y está causada principalmente por MALASSEZIA furfur (anteriormente Pityrosporum orbiculare).
Descriptor Portuguese: Tinha Versicolor
Descriptor French: Pityriasis versicolor
Entry term(s): Folliculitides, Pityriasis
Folliculitis, Pityriasis
Infection, Malassezia furfur
Infection, Pityrosporum orbiculare
Malassezia furfur Infection
Malassezia furfur Infections
Pityriasis Folliculitides
Pityriasis Folliculitis
Pityriasis Versicolor
Pityrosporum orbiculare Infection
Pityrosporum orbiculare Infections
Tree number(s): C01.150.703.302.860
C01.800.200.860
C17.800.838.208.941
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014010
Scope note: A common chronic, noninflammatory and usually symptomless disorder, characterized by the occurrence of multiple macular patches of all sizes and shapes, and varying in pigmentation from fawn-colored to brown. It is seen most frequently in hot, humid, tropical regions and is mostly caused by MALASSEZIA FURFUR (formerly Pityrosporum orbiculare).
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Malassezia MeSH
DeCS ID: 14396
Unique ID: D014010
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Tinea Versicolor - Preferred
Concept UI M0021568
Scope note A common chronic, noninflammatory and usually symptomless disorder, characterized by the occurrence of multiple macular patches of all sizes and shapes, and varying in pigmentation from fawn-colored to brown. It is seen most frequently in hot, humid, tropical regions and is mostly caused by MALASSEZIA FURFUR (formerly Pityrosporum orbiculare).
Preferred term Tinea Versicolor
Entry term(s) Infection, Malassezia furfur
Infection, Pityrosporum orbiculare
Malassezia furfur Infection
Malassezia furfur Infections
Pityriasis Versicolor
Pityrosporum orbiculare Infection
Pityrosporum orbiculare Infections
Pityriasis Folliculitis - Narrower
Concept UI M000681078
Preferred term Pityriasis Folliculitis
Entry term(s) Folliculitides, Pityriasis
Folliculitis, Pityriasis
Pityriasis Folliculitides



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