SUPERFICIAL AND CUTANEOUS Flashcards
Tinea versicolor / Pityriasis versicolor
Malassezia furfur
Tinea nigra
Hortaea werneckii
Black Piedra
Piedraia hortae
White Piedra
Trichosporon beigielli
● Pale patches, dry scaly skin
● fawn-colored spots in fair skin
Malassezia furfur
brown to black non-scaly macules in on palms/soles
Hortaea werneckii
brown to black crusts/nodules on hair
Piedraia hortae
light brown soft nodules
Trichosporon beigielli
Malassezia furfur lab diagnosis (3)
➢ Spaghetti and meatballs (microscope)
➢ Wood’s lamp fluorescence (+)
➢ Lipophilic
Hortaea werneckii lab diagnosis
Greenish black colonies
Piedraia hortae lab diagnosis (2)
➢ Asci containing 8 ascospores
➢ Brown restricted colonies
Trichosporon beigielli lab diagnosis
➢ Arthroconidia
➢ Yeast-like colonies
The fungal infection is in the outermost part of the skin
SUPERFICIAL MYCOSES
t/f. Both superficial and cutaneous mycoses has no immune response
FALSE. Only superficial mycoses has no immune response. Cutaneous can elicit immune response
Infection of Scalp (2)
Tinea favosa
Tinea Capitis