Chapter 162- Deep fungal infections Flashcards
Sporadic diseases contracted in the tropics, subtropics caused by fungi that have been introduced directly into dermis or subcutaneous tissue
Subcutaneous mycoses
Etiology of Sporotrichosis (5)
S. Schenkii S. Brasiliensis S. Globosa S. Lurieie S. Mexicana
One impt characteristic of sporotrichosis
Scarcity of organisms in tissue
Asteroid body
More common forms of sporotrichosis
Lymphangitic form
Patients with AIDS who develop sporotrichosis often who have multiple cutaneous lesions with prominent lymphatic involvement.
True or False
False, without
Molds should be confirmed to yeast phase on enriched media at 37 C
Brain heart infusion agar
Sporotrichosis may resolve spontaneously but persist for more than ___ years
3
Treatment for Sporotrichosis (2)
Itraconazole 200 mg daily
Terbinafine 250 mg daily
KI 4-6 ml TID for 3-4 weeks
Infection of chest wall is most characteristic of
Nocardia infection
Key to establishing diagnosis of mycetoma
Grains
Black grains are always caused by ___; Red grains are always caused by ___
Fungi
Actinomycetes
Matching type
- Pale white to yellow grains
- Yellow to brown grains
- Red to pink grains
A. Streptomyces brasiliensis
B. Actinomadura pelletieri
C. Actinomadura madurae
D. Nocardia brasiliensis
C D
A
B
Treatment for Eumycetoma
Itraconazole 200 mg
Ketoconazole 200mg
Voriconazole 200- 400 mg
Actinomycetoma is treated with
Dapsone + Streptomycin
TMP-SMX + Rifampin / streptomycin
Definitive treatment for mycetoma
Surgery
Used in recalcitrant Nocardia infections
Amikacin
Moxifloxacin
Imipenem
Chronic fungal infection caused by pigmented (dematiaceous) fungi implanted into dermis
Chromoblastomycosis
In chromobalstomycosis, they form thick walled single cells or cell clusters termed as ___ with paeudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia
Sclerotic or muriform bodies
Etiologic agent of chromoblastomycosis
Philaophora verrucosa Fonsacea pedrosoi Fonsacea compactm Cladophialophora carrionii Wangiella dermatitidis
Treatment for chromoblastomycosis
Itraconazole 200 mg daily
Terbinafine 250mg daily
If extensive,
IV amphotericin B 1mkday
Etiology for phaeohyohomycosis
Exophiala jeanselmei
Wangiella dermatitidis
Appear in immunosuppressed patients as short, irregular pigmented hyphae
Phaeohyohomycosis
Cystic lesions casued by nonpigmented hyphae
Hyalohyphomycotic cysts
Etiologic agent by lobomycosis
Lacazia loboi
Treatment for lobomycosis
Surgical removal
SubQ mucormycosis characterized by woody cellulitis at limb girdle sites is caused by
Basidiobolus ranarum
Subq mucormycosis present in the inferior turbinates of nose with painless swelling of central part of the face with severe deformity is caused by
Conidiobolus coronatus
Treatment for subQ mucormycosis
Ketoconazole 400 mg daily
Itraconazole 100-200mg daily
KI 4-6 drops TID