Fungal Skin Infections

Question 1

What’s done to diagnose fungal skin infection

Answer 1

• skin scrapings
• skin biopsies

Question 2

What’s done to diagnose fungal nail infection

Answer 2

• nail cuttings
• nail scrapings

Question 3

What’s done to diagnose fungal hair infection

Answer 3

• hair samples
  -skin scrapings if skin is involved
• wood’s lamp (uv light applied, if area infected with Tinae, fungus may glow)

Question 4

How to diagnose fungal infections of the nails
- superficial white oncyhomycosis
- distal and lateral “”
- proximal white “”

Answer 4

• scrape from diseased nail surface
• scrape/take chippings from subungal material + proximal part of diseased nail
• scrape from nail surface