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Superficial Mycoses
Pitriasis versicolor |
-multicolored (hypo-/hyperpigmented) patches on the skin
-not dangerous, just aesthetically unappealing -caused by chronic superficial fungal infection -causitive agents: 1) PITYROSPORUM ORBICULARE 2) MALASSEZIA FURFUR |
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White Piedra |
-white patches on skin
-caused by superficial fungal infection -causitive agents: 1) TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII 2) CUTANEUM |
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Black Piedra |
-black spots on skin
-caused by superficial fungal infection -causitive agent: 1) PIEDRAIA HORTAE |
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Tinea Negra |
-brown/black painless patches on the soles of the hands & feet
-caused by superficial fungal infection -causitive agent: 1) EXOPHIALA (Phaeoloannelomyces) WERNECKII |
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Dermatophytoses |
-a category of cutaneous fungal infections
-caused by 30 types of fungi (DERMATOPHYTES) that reside in the hair, nails and skin -dermatophytes secrete KERATINASE (--> degrades kertain, main structural protein found in skin, nails and hair) -common clinical manifestations: 1) scaling of the skin 2) loss of hair 3) crumbling of nails |
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Dermatophytes |
-fungi that reside in skin, hair and nails
-3 main types of dermatophytes: 1) TRICHOPHYTON 2) MICROSPORUM 3) EPIDERMOPHYTON |
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Trichophyton |
-dermatophyte
-22 species of trichophytons -Located in 3 places ("TRI"): 1) Hair 2) Skin 3) Nails |
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Microsporum |
-dermatophyte
-18 species of microsporums -located in: 1) Hair 2) Skin (NOT found in Nails) |
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Epidermophyton |
-dermatophyte
-2 species of epidermophyton -Located in: 1) Skin 2) Nails |
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Modes of dermatophyte transmssion (3) |
-can infect animals as well as human (pets can spread dermatophytes to humans)
1) ANTHROPOPHILIC- Humans to Humans ---- chronic infections 2) ZOOPHILIC- Animals to Humans ----- acute infections 3) GEOPHILIC- Soil to Animals and Humans ---- acute infections |
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Superficial Mycoses
Ringworm (= TINEA) |
-an inflammatory response to cutaneous fungal infections (DERMATOPHYTOSIS) that has the appearance of an actual ring-worm
(from MMRS:) -"following invasion of the horny layer of the skin, the fungi spread, forming a ring shape with a red, raised border ( represents areas of active inflammation with a healing center)" |
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Tinea Corporis |
-cutaneous fungal infection that occurs all over the body
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Superficial Mycoses
Tinea Unigum (onychomycosis) |
-nails are thickened, brittle & discolored
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Tinea Pedis (= ATHLETE'S FOOT) |
-ATHLETE'S FOOT
-infection occurs b/n the toes -usually begins in the 4th space (b/n the pinky toe and the next toe over) -cracking and peeling of the skin |
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Superficial Mycoses
Tinea Cruris (= Inguinalis= JOCK ITCH) |
-JOCK ITCH
-itchy red patches on the groin & scrotum |
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Tinea Manum |
-dermatophyte infection in the hands
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Tinea Facie |
-dermatophyte infection of the face
-more common in men |
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Tinea Barbae |
-dermatophyte infections of the beard
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Tinea Capitis |
-dermatophyte infection of the scalp
-mostly occurs in children -scaly red lesions & loss of hair |
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Superficial Mycoses
Endothrix hair infections |
-dermatophyte infections/spores develop inside the hair
-leads to hair loss |
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Exothrix hair infections |
-dermatophyte infections/spores develop outside the hair (on the hair surface)
-leads to hair loss |
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Systemic Mycoses |
-fungal infection involving internal organs
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Superficial Mycoses
Keratomycosis |
-fungal infection of the cornea
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Onychomycoses |
-fungal infection of the nails
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Dermatomycosis |
-fungal infection of the skin
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Ringworm |
= "dermatophytosis" or "tinea"
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Candidosis (Candidiasis) |
-infection with Candida
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Cryptococcosis |
-infection with Cryptococcus
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Trichosporosis |
-infection with Trichosporon
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Chromomycosis |
-(Chromoblastomycosis)- infection with phialophora or chladosporium
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Pitryasis versicolor |
-tinea- infection with Malasezia furfur
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What's the treatment for Athlete's Foot (Tinea Pedis)? |
-allylamine for 1.5 years
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