Superficial Fungal Infections Flashcards
What causes black piedra?
Piedraia Hortae
What is the cause of Tinea Nigra?
Hortaea Werneckii
What causes white piedra
Trichosporon cutaneum (formerly T. Beigelii), also T. Ovoides, T. inkin, T. asahii
What is the most common cause of Tinea corporis?
Trichophyton Rubrum
What is the causes of tinea imbricata?
T. Concentricum
What is the most common cause of majocchi’s granuloma?
T. Rubrum
What are the most common cause of tinea capitis?
T. Rubrum (MC), M. canis (highly inflammatory), M. Auodouinii
Name the flourescent ectothrix infections? What is it that flouresces?
Cats and Dogs Fight and Growl Sometimes
M. Canis, M. Auduoinii, M. Distortum, M. Ferrugineum, M. Gypseum (sometimes), T. Schoenleinii
Pteridine causes flourescence
Name the endothrix infections?
Ringo Gave Yoko Two Squeaky Violins
T. Rubrum (both endo/ecto), T. Gourvilli, T. Yaounde, T. Tonsurans, T. Soudanense, T. Violaceum
What types cause Tinea Flavus?
T. Schoenleinii, T. Violaceum, M. Gypseum
Causes of tinea pedis most common? Mocassin type? Bullous? Interdigital?
MC-T. Rubrum
Mocassin-T. rubrum, E. Floccosum
Bullous- T. Mentagrophytes
Interdigital-T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes
Most common cause of onychomycosis?
T. Rubrum
Most common cause of white superficial onychomycosis?
T. Mentagrophytes
What fungi require thiamine for growth?
T. Violaceum, T. Concentricum, T. Tonsurans, T. verrucosum
Which fungi have a requirement for both thiamine and inositol?
T. Verrucosum
