Fungus Acne Bugs Flashcards
Black dot* is
Tinea Capitis
Most common in US
Gray Patch is what and due to what
Tinea Capitis
Due to pets, endemic
Flavus is
Tinea Capitis
Rare
Which type doesn’t fluoresce under Wood’s light?
Which fluoresces green?
None: Black dot
Green: Gray patch
Tx of Tinea Capitis
Oral AF: Griseofulvin 6-12 wks Terbinafine 2-4 wk fluconazole (3-6 wks) Pulse therapy Remove pets Carriers don't need AF but selsum blue shampoo FU extended tx
Round red plaque with central clearing
Itchy
Advancing border
Annular (round)
Tinea Corporis
Tx of Tinea Corporis
TOPICAL* AF
Systemic for severe
-inflammation in hair follicle –>Immune response
-axilla, groin (inguinal anogenital)
-*huge nodules (sinus tracts, comedones, scarring)
Tx: Pt edu, clean, wgt mngt, diet
Hidradenitis Suppurative (acne inversa)
- *itchy, round (annular), red with central clearing
- *advancing border
Tinea Corporis
- round (annular) red *plaque with scale *raised border
- *itches and pain
- from inguinal fold to inner thigh
- spares scrotum
Tinea Cruris
*Autoinnoculation with T Crusis
T. pedia
griesefulvin
terbinafine
fluconasole are for
T. Capitis
Topical AF “azole” is for
T. Cruris (resistant: oralgirseofulvin)
T. Corporis
Oral AF
Tx for mocassin type of T Pedis
T Pedis Tx
topical AF
Tx for mocassin
oral AF, most diff to tx
KOH for T Versicolor reveals
Wood lamp
hyphae and SPORES
Woods: yellow
Selenium Sulfide (shampoo lotion) is tx for
T Versicolor
T Versicolor Tx
Topical AF: Azole and selenium sulfide
Systemic: oral azole AF (terbinafine and griseofulvin not effective)
Rosacea Tx
Topical 1) BP/clyndamycin or erythromisin 2) Metrogel (Azeleic acid, sulfur) Oral: *Tetracylines: doxycycline Laser light
Pediculosis Capitis
Head lice , *itchy
Egg hatch after 10 days - 2 txs
5-10 eggs/day for 30 days
Head lice fluoresce
Light blue
Pediculosis Capitis (head lice) tx
Topical Pediculicides - neurotoxic to lice
No Lindane
Benzoyl peroxide - asphyxiation
Permethrin 5% cream is to Tx
Scabies
