MYCOTIC INFECTIONS ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: (4) & Other Opportunistic Mycoses Flashcards
Affects the outermost layer of the skin, hand, feet and hair
Superficial Mycoses
- chronic superficial fungal infection which leads to hypopigmented or hyperpigmented patches on skin
- With sunlight exposure the skin around the patches will tan but patches will remain white
Tinea versicolor (an-an) / Pityriasis versicolor
causes tinea or pityriasis versicolor – superficial mycoses; lipophilic yeast; spaghetti with meatball appearance
M. furfur
Mode of transmission of Tinea versicolor (an-an) / Pityriasis versicolor
direct contact
a superficial fungal infection that causes dark brown to black painless patches on the soles of the hands and feet
Tinea nigra
formely called C. werneckii
Exophilia werneckii
- Nodular infection of the hair shaft
- Axillary, pubic, beard, scalp hair maybe infected
Piedra (white and black)
caused by Piedraia hortai
Black Piedra
caused by Trichosporon beigelii/cutaneum
White Piedra
Affects keratinized tissues, skin, hair and nails
Cutaneous Mycoses
Also known as dermatophytosis/dermatomycoses
Cutaneous Mycoses
Also known as Ring worm infection
Cutaneous Mycoses
skin, hair, rarely nails
Microsporum
skin, nails, rarely hair
Trichophyton
skin, hair and nails
Epidermophyton
May be diagnostic of Chromoblastomycosis/Chromomycosis or MOSSY FOOT DISEASE/HEMATOMYCOSIS
Sclerotic bodies / muriform cells
Copper colored fungal cells
Sclerotic bodies / muriform cells
- Unable to produce microconidia
- Macroconidia smooth walled (2-4),
appearing like ____ ___ - Produces ____colored colonies
Epidermorphyton floccosum Eg. Tinea cruris (hadhad)
Khaki; beaver’s tail
Microconidia are globose and arranged in
Grape like clusters
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
- ______ shaped microconidia laterally on
hyphae - May give the so-called “____ __ _ _____”
appearance
Trichophyton rubrum Eg. Tinea corporis
(buni)
Teardrop; Birds on a fence
Produces rat tail or string bean appearing
macroconidia
Trichophyton verrucosum
- Large spindle shaped macroconidia
- Thick-walled spindle shaped large
multiseptate with knobby projections - Rice medium (+) *used to differentiate with
M. audouinii
Microsporum canis Eg. Tinea capitis
- Bizarre shaped macroconidia
- Rice medium (-)
Microsporum audouinii
Type affecting deepest layer of the skin (ie. Muscles)
Subcutaneous Mycoses
- Agents are usually found on soil, so feet is always affected
- Acquired thru trauma
Subcutaneous Mycoses
Sporothrichosis
S. schenckii
usually caused by the following:
Phialophora verrucosa, Cladosporium carrionii; Fonsecaea predosoi
Chromoblastomycosis
caused by the ff: Alternaria, Bipolaris,
Curvularia and Dreschella, Exophialia
Phaeophypomycosis
caused by Pseudoallescheria boydii, Exophiala jeanselmi
Mycetoma
- Causes Rose Gardener’s disease
- Dimorphic fungi
Sporothrix schenckii
- _____ shaped yeast with single or multiple buds
- Conidia in ___________ arrangement
Sporothrix schenckii
Cigar; flowerette
May affect organs such as lungs
Systemic Mycoses
- Caused by dimorphic fungi
- Acquired thru inhalation, so ___ is usually affected
Systemic Mycoses
lungs
Infectious form is ___ (mycelial) form, while diagnostic form is ____
MOLD; YEAST
Produces yeast with single bud on a broad base
Blastomyces dermatitidis