Malassizia Fungus

[Cindi]

Malassizia Fungus

After reading several articles last night I am now convinced that the dog we got a 1 1/2 could have introduced an increase amount of Malessizia fungus into our environment He as all the classic signs of excessive licking of his paws and the head shack that can occur from irritation in his ears. He also has the smell that is described as well. I have began to believe that this is the closest thing to a match for me so far. Right down to the wanting to pull out the itchy lipid coated hair that is caused by this fungus. My son who also has bad dandruff now has recently had a major relapse in his Asthma which he has not had since he was young which is also connected.


http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art...medid=16511273

http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/15/1/21#SUMMARY
http://home.intekom.com/jly2/ttmhypothesis.htm


This Hypothesis explains in laymen terms quite well what could be making me miserable. Whom ever wrote this describes how it makes me feel to a T. There are more lengthy in depth articles but this sums up what it needs to reproduce etc... This fungus can affect the eyebrows as well something that has been a huge issue for me recently losing nearly half of mine. What contributes to it as far as diet goes makes total sense as well. My son loves bean and cheese burritos and I recently started eating more of them myself as we have this Mexican take out restaurant that makes the best. Image Maybe this could also explain why after having a croisont this morning with butter "I know I was bad but could not resist" started filling the the ictchy crawling sensation on my scalp and face shortly after. This may explain why enzymes seem to help so much when I am good about taking them.


Cindi

[Jo]

Hi ya Cindi, great posting skills

Ya know, I started with looking at dandruff type yeasts in the beginning, because this was the mild morg type symptom that I had for years before things got out of control.

I dismissed it because I knew my 'dandruff' was contagious and of course the main health web pages say that its not.

Well, looking at this again the genus Malassezia is now thought to be composed of several different species:
http://dermnetnz.org/fungal/malassezia.html

Some of which I think are contagious....need to dig some more.

Thanks hun

Jo xxx

[Kritters]

Hi Cindi,

This caught my attention:
Yeasts of the genus Malassezia are unique among the fungal kingdom as the only species to form part of the normal human cutaneous commensal flora. In addition, Malassezia species are able to cause several cutaneous diseases, systemic disease in suitably predisposed humans, and dermatitis in a wide range of animals. Thus, they exist at the very interface between commensal and pathogen and, as such, their interaction with the human immune system is of great interest.

Jo, this brings up what I was saying to you the other day. (I'm wondering what it is that turns a bacteria/fungi/etc. from Dr. Jekyl into Mr. Hyde. This is an example and the first time I actually saw something suggesting an organism can change from commensal to parasitic. What would trigger it to get ugly? Not getting enough sleep? Woke up on the wrong side of the corpuscle?

I have thought that blood pH being overly acidic would trigger such a thing, but there's no way in the world I would know what I'm talking about. This parasite thing is such a complex subject, but sometimes the more research we do will trigger a eureka or two and that can't hurt, as long as the conclusions aren't devoid of true facts and common sense.

Maybe when there are newly introduced parasites into our system which the normally commensal finds sexually attractive, the mutation could turn out like Daryl and his sister Daryl, you know?

Interesting. Very interesting.

xoxoKritts

[Cindi]

Hi Jo,Kritts,

Actually there was a case of neonates that was linked to care providers in the hospital where the it came from the family pet as well. So I would say the possibility of a zoonotic species exist.

http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/20...morrison.shtml

Healthcare workers are more than witnesses to these disorders; nosocomial zoonoses have been reported as well. Malassezia pachydermatis, a yeast originally described in rhinoceroses but more commonly seen as a cause of otitis in dogs, was the cause of an outbreak of exfoliative dermatitis in a nursery for newborns (9). The source of the infection was thought to be dogs owned by nurses who worked in the unit. Dogs were also the origin of an outbreak of Rhodococcus bronchialis in patients who had open-heart surgery. In this case, the organism was transmitted through a surgery room nurse (10). Dogs have often been linked to ringworm infections caused by Microsporum canis and Trichophyton species, but animal contact is not necessary to acquire these infections, nor has it been worthwhile to treat animals who are potential reservoirs (1).

I don't know if I would think it is not worthwhile to treat an animal that could have potentially brought it into your home as they continue to spread spores throughout your home if untreated. I think that is why I can not fully beat this.

Kritts the description of these zoonotic infections in this postgradmed article might be a nice add to your pet survey.



Cindi

[Cindi]

http://www.yeastinfectionadvisor.com...ofcandida.html

This explains its switching of forms. This is more of a description of Candida but I believe the Malassizia has a similiar ability. Interesting one of the treatment recommendations is cinnamon one of the things that helped me tremendously with the itching.


Cindi

[niecy]

Cindi, you are making some awsome posts!! I hope that you are doing better!

Niecy

Originally Posted by Cindi

http://www.yeastinfectionadvisor.com...ofcandida.html

This explains its switching of forms. This is more of a description of Candida but I believe the Malassizia has a similiar ability. Interesting one of the treatment recommendations is cinnamon one of the things that helped me tremendously with the itching.


Cindi

[Kritters]

Originally Posted by Cindi

http://www.yeastinfectionadvisor.com...ofcandida.html

This explains its switching of forms. This is more of a description of Candida but I believe the Malassizia has a similiar ability. Interesting one of the treatment recommendations is cinnamon one of the things that helped me tremendously with the itching.


Cindi

Cindi!
Thanks so much for this link! I have thought I at LEAST have candida since the very beginning. In fact, I've seen matches under my scope to what I found on the web. Was it you last year who posted the candida test using your saliva and a glass of water?

The very first thing when you wake up in the morning, roll over before getting out of bed and spit twice into a glass of water. Now over the course of the next 15 minutes watch the glass of water. If your spit just kind of dissolves and dissipates in the water, you do not have a yeast infection...


"If, on the other hand, it becomes cloudy, has little fingers and strings, sinks to the bottom, or does anything else other than dissipating in the water, you may have a candida yeast infection. Strings and spider webs are a very positive indication for yeast. If you have what appears to be sediment in the bottom of the glass, you more than likely have parasites, also, which many fungal disease sufferers do have."

I had forgotten all about that! I did the test and it looked like I dropped SALT into the glass rather than my saliva. Everything was on the dead bottom of the glass in the morning. Now all I have to do is figure out what other parasites I have. OHH WAIT!! DUHH...could be borellia since I had a tick stuck in my back for only God knows how long.

Anyway...thanks so much for this very valuable site!

Kritts
xo

[Cindi]

Kritts here is another interesting article about Malassizia and Candida.

http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.c...nology/page/2/

Bad Hair Day

Posted by ajcann on November 16, 2007

DandruffDandruff is an easily recognizable skin flaking condition occurring in up to 95% of humans. The presence of Malassezia species is not sufficient to cause either dandruff or the more extreme skin conditions - many people harbor Malassezia without showing symptoms. However, Malassezia must have an essential role in these conditions, because scalp flaking symptoms are improved by treatment with a variety of antifungal materials that remove Malassezia. Malassezia are also thought to contribute to the common skin disease atopic eczema by host sensitization to fungal protein allergens. Malassezia species are closely related to plant pathogens, implying an ancestral shift from plant to animal host preference. The M. globosa genome is among the smallest of genomes of free-living fungi.

Abstract: Fungi in the genus Malassezia are ubiquitous skin residents of humans and other warm-blooded animals. Malassezia are involved in disorders including dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis, which together affect >50% of humans. Despite the importance of Malassezia in common skin diseases, remarkably little is known at the molecular level. We describe the genome, secretory proteome, and expression of selected genes of Malassezia globosa. Further, we report a comparative survey of the genome and secretory proteome of Malassezia restricta, a close relative implicated in similar skin disorders. Adaptation to the skin environment and associated pathogenicity may be due to unique metabolic limitations and capabilities. For example, the lipid dependence of M. globosa can be explained by the apparent absence of a fatty acid synthase gene. The inability to synthesize fatty acids may be complemented by the presence of multiple secreted lipases to aid in harvesting host lipids. In addition, an abundance of genes encoding secreted hydrolases (e.g. lipases, phospholipases, aspartyl proteases, and acid sphingomyelinases) was found in the M. globosa genome. In contrast, the phylogenetically closely related plant pathogen Ustilago maydis encodes a different arsenal of extracellular hydrolases with more copies of glycosyl hydrolase genes. M. globosa shares a similar arsenal of extracellular hydrolases with the phylogenetically distant human pathogen, Candida albicans, which occupies a similar niche, indicating the importance of host-specific adaptation. The M. globosa genome sequence also revealed the presence of mating-type genes, providing an indication that Malassezia may be capable of sex.

Dandruff-associated Malassezia genomes reveal convergent and divergent virulence traits shared with plant and human fungal pathogens. PNAS USA November 13, 2007

Cindi

[Kritters]

Great Cindi....awesome.

You know, we've been hearing much about the 'hygiene hypothesis' no doubt exploited by big pharma to discredit the fact that there are in fact opportunistic parasitic pathogens causing the problem PERIOD.

I do agree to a point that in some cases people build up an immunity by being surrounded by pathogens and developing antibodies. They speak of diseases now being built up over the last hundred years and cite the 'hygiene hypothesis' as the reason. In fact, IMO...our chemical environment is now implicated in compromising the immune system, as well as our modern diets.

It just never stops.

Thanks again for this.
;-) Kritts

[Jo]

Hi Cindi, Kritts

Its interesting that Malassizia and Candida occupy similar niches.

Found this interesting that M. globosa is capable of excreting more than 50 different enzymes that help digest and break down compounds in the hair and scalp.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Your-...ex-70273.shtml

I cant find any clinical studies indicating Malessezia sp. to be contagious. BUT I realised that I've had Malassezia Folliculitis eruptions on my skin, caused by using a veg oil based soap and moisuriser with liquid petroleum in. ooops

Someone shouted the other day about having Aspergillus Dx - Jonsi? One study found Clove oil was the most inhibitory to the growth of Aspergillus, followed by cinnamon oil, oregano and mace oils. Neem and eucalyptus oil did not affect fungal growth.

http://www.yeastinfectionadvisor.com...treatment.html

Cindi - I havent done the cinnamon, I've only got it in powder form and didn’t click that it stops itching! Do you use the oil or powder?

Kritts, I'd love to know why friendly fungus turns foe. I think its partly environmental toxins. Also I'd like to know whether Candida is associated with Borrelia simply due to antibiotic treatment, or if there's another connection between the two.

cheers

Jo xxx