Wk 2 Skin Fungal Infections

Question 1

Malessezia furfur

• disease
• manifestation
• Dx

Answer 1

• Tinea versicolor
• normal yeast flora converts to mold in disease, hyper- OR hypopigmentation
• Dx: KOH, Yellow-Green in Wood lamp

Question 2

Dermatophytes

Answer 2

Microsporum
Epidermophyton
Trichophyton

Question 3

Dermatophyte treatments

Answer 3

Tx: griseofulvin, terbinafine, itraconazole

Question 4

Trichophyton rubrum

-disease

Answer 4

-Tinea pedis

Question 5

Trichophyton tonsurans

-disease

Answer 5

-Tinea capitis

Question 6

Microsporum

-disease

Answer 6

-hair (ectothrix) and skin

Question 7

Microsporum canis

-orgin

Answer 7

-cats, dogs

Question 8

Microsporum fulvum

Answer 8

-geophilic (soil)

Question 9

Microsporum Dx Wood’s lamp

Answer 9

-Wood’s lamp (green-blue)

Question 10

Sporothrix schenckii

• Dx: disease
• Tx

Answer 10

• Rose gardener’s disease, spreads along lymphatic channels

- Tx: itraconazole

Question 11

Candida albicans

• common conditions
• pathogenesis
• Tx

Answer 11

• diaper dermatitis, angular chelitis, oropharyngeal, vaginal, systemic
• areas w/ abnormal flora (antibiotic treatment)
• azole cream