Lecture 6

Question 1

Define fungi

Answer 1

Eukaryotic organisms
have true nuclei

Question 2

What are the 2 categories that fungi are divided into?

Answer 2

Moulds and yeasts

Question 3

Define moulds

Answer 3

Multicellular
Also called filamentous fungi (furry projections)
Produce hyphae
Spores spread from one person to another - function and survival depends on the spores

Question 4

Define yeasts

Answer 4

Unicellular
round or oval cells
reproduce by budding or fusion, they do not produce spores - only where levels are too high we experience symptoms

Question 5

Define geophilic

Answer 5

caught within soils

Question 6

Define zoophilic

Answer 6

caught from animals

Question 7

Define anthropophilic sources

Answer 7

caught from humans

Question 8

Define tinea corporis

Answer 8

Ringworm of the skin

Question 9

Define tinea cruris

Answer 9

Ringworm of the groin

Question 10

Define tinea capitis

Answer 10

Ringworm of the scalp

Question 11

Define tinea pedis

Answer 11

athletes foot

Question 12

Define onychomycosis

Answer 12

fungal nail infection

Question 13

Define Pityriasis Versicolor

Answer 13

colonisation of the stratum corneum

Question 14

Define superficial candida infections

Answer 14

Overproduction of microflora in mouth, skin, and vagina

Question 15

Define genital candidasis

Answer 15

thrush

Question 16

Define cutaneous candidiasis

Answer 16

folds of the skin especially in nappy and groin area and under breasts

Question 17

What are the common symptoms of tinea infections?

Answer 17

itching
burning
pain
irritation

Question 18

What are the risk factors for tinea infections?

Answer 18

Environmental
Clothing
Hyperidrosis

Question 19

How to diagnose skin infections

Answer 19

Visual diagnosis
Skin scrapings e.g. fungal nail infections