Fungal skin infections Flashcards
Superficial mycoses
Tinea versicolor
Cutaneous mycoses
Dermatophytosis/ringworm
Candidiasis
Subcutaneous mycoses
Sporotrichosis
Mycetoma
Chromomycosis
Rhinosporidiosis
Systemic mycoses
Coccidioidomycosis
Blastomycosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Fungus that causes tinea versicolor
Malassezia furfur
Fungi that cause dermatophytosis
Trichophyton
Microsporum
Epidermophyton
Fungus that causes sporotrichosis
Sporothrix schenkii
Fungus that causes coccidioidomycosis
Coccidioides immitis
Fungus that causes blastomycosis
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Fungus that causes paracoccidioidmycosis
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Transmission of Malassezia furfur
Direct or indirect transfer of infected keratinous material from one person to another
Dry, scaly, hypo/hyperpigmented lesions on the upper trunk, arms, chest, shoulders, face, or neck
Tinea versicolor
Spherical yeast cells mixed with short, angular hyphae in skin scraping
Tinea versicolor
Treatment for tinea versicolor
Topical azoles –> ketoconazole or itraconazole
Selenium sulfide
Infector form for dermatophytosis and transmission
Arthrospores
Person to person, fomites
Most common cause of tinea capitus in children
Trichophyton dermatophytosis
Branching, hyaline septate and fungal hyphae on KOH mount
Dermatophytosis
Lactophenol cotton blue staining is used in the diagnosis
Dermatophytosis
Shows moldy growth at room temp in sebouradus dextrose sugar
Dermatophytosis
Treatment for dermatophytosis
Miconazole
Clotrimazole
Itraconazole
Whitfield ointment