Also known as pityrosporum folliculitis ... Fungal acne is caused by an overgrowth of Malassezia yeast that lives on the skin and requires treatment that's different from hormonal acne.

Treatment of the specimen with potassium ... once it is clear. Malassezia (Pityrosporum) folliculitis. Pityrosporum folliculitis is an acneiform eruption consisting of chronic pruritic follicular ...

Other symptoms of scalp folliculitis include ... Men are also more likely to experience Malassezia folliculitis—a type of skin irritation caused by yeast overgrowth on the skin.