Parasites and Fungi Symptoms Flashcards
Well-demarcated patches of hypo/hyper pigmented discoloration, raised with scales.
Pityriasis-Tinea versicolor
Solitary irregular dark pigmented macules on palms/soles
Tinea Nigra- hortaea werneckii
Raised ring with scaling, Alopecia
Dermatophytoses (ringworm)-trichophyton mentagrophytes
Thickened discolored fractured nail
Tinea unguium/Onychomycosis-trichophyton rubrum
Circular alopecia on scalp
Tinea capitis-Trichophyton tonsurans
Nodular/ulcerative lesions that follow lymph drainage
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis-sporothrix schenckii
Cauliflower-like nodules/plaques
Chromoblastomycosis-Cladosporium/fonsecaea pedrosoi
Extensive destruction of muscle, fascia and bone
Sinus draining, serossanguineous fluid with granules
Eumycotic mycetoma-Curvularia
large, dis shaped rubbery, ulcerated, moveable masses on proximal limbs.
subcutaneous zygomycosis/entomophthromomycosis-Basidiobolus ranarum
Rhinofacial swelling-painless
subcutaneous zygomycosis/entomophthromomycosis-conidiobolus coronatus
firm painless, slow growing cyst, or non-tender pigmented plaque like lesions
subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis-dermatiaceous fungi
flu-like, lobar infiltrates, mass/coin lesion,
Can have bone involvement, prostate, liver, spleen
Blastomycosis
Great imitator-nodules/lesions, fever/cough/chest pain/weight loss
Coccidiodoycosis
flu-like, mediastinal fibrosis, mediastianal, adenopathy, pulmonary infiltrates,
Disseminated-weight loss/fatigue/ulcers/hepatomegaly/meningitis/endocarditis
Histoplasmosis
nodular fibrotic lesions
single or multifocal organ involvement.
Paracoccidiodomycosis
Pulmonary infection-highly neurotrophic (CNS)
meningitis, meningoencephalits, ocular infections, osseous lesions
Cryptococcosis
thrush, angular cheilitis, diaper rash, UTI, nail infection, pneumonia, endocardiitis, CNS, hematogenous infection
Candidiasis
Ocular infection, peritonitis, meningitis
Rodotorula