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Fungal acne (Malassezia folliculitis)

The antifungal / Malassezia track — not the standard benzoyl-peroxide acne routine.

User query: malassezia folliculitis fungal acne

What the AI grounding layer gives the agent

  • Causal-graph routed treatments and triggers
  • AM / PM routine ingredients with timing and pregnancy context
  • Morning + evening product shortlists from the skincare catalog
  • PubMed abstracts with PMIDs, scores, and short links

Causal graph context

Matched on: treats/helps

Skin concerns detected from your request:

pityrosporum folliculitisbacterial folliculitis

Recommended treatments

retinol
Effect: treatsEvidence: expert aligned
benzoyl peroxide
Effect: treatsEvidence: expert aligned
clindamycin topical
Effect: treatsEvidence: expert aligned
ketoconazole foll
Effect: treatsEvidence: expert aligned
mupirocin foll
Effect: treatsEvidence: expert aligned
adapalene
Effect: treatsEvidence: expert aligned

Ingredients & triggers to avoid

occlusion folliculitis Known trigger to avoid
staph aureus foll Known trigger to avoid
pityrosporum trigger foll Known trigger to avoid

Confidence contract

The graph routes the condition to candidate treatments and triggers; cosine retrieval ranks the literature; the routine planner splits ingredients into AM / PM. The confidence contract is the honest read of how strong each layer is.

Overall confidence
Signal: moderateScore: 0.524
Evidence
Signal: strongTop score: 0.978
Products
Signal: moderateTop score: 0.524
Safety
Signal: moderateTop score: 0.7

AM / PM routine ingredients

Ingredients planned from the evidence, split by timing with positive / negated context counts.

benzoyl peroxide
Best time: flexibleEvidence: 4 supporting · 0 cautioningPregnancy: caution
ketoconazole
Best time: flexibleEvidence: 2 supporting · 0 cautioningPregnancy: caution
selenium sulfide
Best time: flexibleEvidence: 2 supporting · 0 cautioningPregnancy: caution

Morning product shortlist

Ranked from the skincare product catalog against the morning routine targets.

Ultra Repair Retinol Eye Cream with Retinol, Squalane + Ceramides #1
Grounded score 0.511 Sold by First Aid Beauty

Ultra Repair Retinol Eye Cream with Retinol, Squalane + Ceramides

Category: treatment
Why it ranked query-catalog match

Ingredients: Squalane + Ceramides to hydrate, calm, soothe + strengthen the moisture barrier Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Nano-Free, Parthenolide-Free

Moisturizing Body Cream - Unscented #2
Grounded score 0.524 Sold by Kinship

Moisturizing Body Cream - Unscented

Category: serum
Why it ranked query-catalog match

Ingredients: Ceramides and Pre+probiotics to repair the skin barrier, relieve dryness and irritation, and lock in long-lasting hydration. Pure and fragrance-free — it’s safe for dry, reactive, and eczema-prone skin.

sal acid skincare duo #3
Grounded score 0.511 Sold by Starface World

sal acid skincare duo

Category: exfoliator
Why it ranked query-catalog match

Ingredients: s tar wash + salicylic acid (5 fl oz) : pore-clearing salicylic acid, hydrating hyaluronic acid, and soothing glycerin help unclog pores and reduce excess oil as you cleanse. a mica-based, microplastic-free shimmer…

Evening product shortlist

Ranked from the skincare product catalog against the evening routine targets.

Day + Night Brighten + Plump #1
Grounded score 0.498 Sold by Sunday Riley

Day + Night Brighten + Plump

Category: treatment
Why it ranked query-catalog match

Ingredients: vitamin C (THD ascorbate) and retinol, which work together to improve skin texture and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. $34.00 ($53 Value, 36% Savings) KIT INCLUDES: C.E.O. Glow Vitamin C + Turmeric…

Great Body Relief #2
Grounded score 0.514 Sold by KraveBeauty

Great Body Relief

Category: moisturizer
Why it ranked query-catalog match

Ingredients: skin-healing Tamanu Oil to soothe, Fermented Oil Blend to condition and Ceramides to strengthen skin barrier. Deeply moisturize your skin without leaving a greasy residue. Why is it different: Easily sinks into the skin…

Resveratrol + Niacinamide Serum #3
Grounded score 0.501 Sold by Evolve Organic Beauty

Resveratrol + Niacinamide Serum

Category: serum
Why it ranked query-catalog match

Ingredients: 3% encapsulated Resveratrol, from White Mulberry, to visibly reduce the appearance of dark spots and hyperpigmentation, and naturally derived 4% Niacinamide to visibly brighten dull skin, improving skin radiance, while…

Minimal scientific evidence

PMID 29138059 PubMed score 0.978

Pityrosporum folliculitis: A retrospective review of 110 cases.

Pityrosporum folliculitis is an under-recognized eruption of the face and upper portion of the trunk that may be confused with, or occur simultaneously with, acne vulgaris. […]

PMID 24021361 PubMed score 0.957

Hidradenitis suppurativa: A practical review of possible medical treatments based on over 350 hidradenitis patients.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a pathological follicular disease, impacts patients' lives profoundly. HS most commonly involves cutaneous intertriginous areas, such as the axilla, inner thighs, groin and buttocks, and pendulous breasts, but can appear on any follicular skin. […]

PMID 21137615 PubMed score 0.955

Folliculocentric lichen sclerosus et atrophicus.

A 71-year-old black woman presented to the dermatology clinic with a several-year history of increasing numbers of itchy white spots spreading over the chest, back, elbows, and legs. […]

PMID 14636183 PubMed score 0.954

Atrophying tinea versicolor: a clinical and histological study of 12 patients.

We describe 12 patients with an atrophying dermatitis in whom the biopsy findings were compatible with tinea versicolor. We encountered 12 skin biopsies from 12 patients in whom a clinically atrophying dermatosis was associated with light microscopic (LM) evidence of atrophy and epidermal […]

PMID 24852785 PubMed score 0.951

Dissecting cellulitis (Perifolliculitis Capitis Abscedens et Suffodiens): a comprehensive review focusing on new treatments and findings of the last decade with commentary comparing the therapies and causes of dissecting cellulitis to hidradenitis suppurativa.

Dissecting cellulitis (DC) also referred to as to as perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (Hoffman) manifests with perifollicular pustules, nodules, abscesses and sinuses that evolve into scarring alopecia. […]

PMID 24746309 PubMed score 0.949

An atlas of the morphological manifestations of hidradenitis suppurativa.

This article is dermatological atlas of the morphologic presentations of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS). It includes: superficial abscesses (boils, furnucles, carbuncles), abscesses that are subcutaneous and suprafascial, pyogenic granulomas, cysts, painful erythematous papules and plaques, […]

Safety / caution notes

occlusion_folliculitis Graph routing flagged occlusion folliculitis for 1 sign(s): a flagged condition
type: graph_trigger source: causal graph
staph_aureus_foll Graph routing flagged staph aureus foll for 1 sign(s): a flagged condition
type: graph_trigger source: causal graph
pityrosporum_trigger_foll Graph routing flagged pityrosporum trigger foll for 1 sign(s): a flagged condition
type: graph_trigger source: causal graph

Expanded query: pityrosporum folliculitis scalp folliculitis sometimes associated with acne conglobata , hidradenitis suppurativa and spinal arthritis (spondyloarthropathy). It most often affects black adult men but may rarely occur in white- topical treatment ingredient efficacy benzoyl peroxide salicylic acid niacinamide ketoconazole zinc pyrithione selenium sulfide. This demo surfaces literature, graph routing, and label/safety context — not medical advice.