Types of fungal skin infections
Fungal Skin Infection: Types, Treatment, Prevention
TYPES OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS. Superficial fungal infections. Dermatophytes: athlete’s foot, jock itch. Mucous membranes: Candida causes vaginitis. Highly pathogenic fungi: Histoplasma and Coccidioides cause acute or chronic pulmonary infection, occasionally progressive systemic infection. Other systemic fungal diseases of medical importance.
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ORGANISM PATHOGENESIS / CLINICAL FEATURES DIAGNOSIS / TREATMENT Superficial fungal infections (dead skin): (cause pigment changes on surface of skin (lesions contain budding yeast cells and hyphae (skin scrapings w/ KOH prep (selenium dandruff shampoo (topical imidazole Pityriasis (Tinea) versicolor (multi-colored) (Malassezia furfur
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3). Severe opportunistic infections: pneumocystic pneumonia, TB, Toxoplasmosis, CMV, Herpes virus, Kaposi’s sarcoma, systemic fungal infections, brain lesions & dementia, chronic weight loss, muscle wasting syndrome. Identification: ELISA most widely used test. Infected individuals seroconvert to positive in 1 to 3 months; some in 6 mo. to a ...
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Diabetic Skin Complications Description candida fungal infection, specifically a yeast infection in moist areas dermatophytes a group of three types of fungus causing superficial infections of the skin, hair, and nails ulcers sores on the skin to include disintegration of tissue necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum plaque-like yellow to brown ...
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Fungal skin infections can be divided into three groups, depending on what type of organism is involved. These are: Dermatophytes. Candida species. Malassezia furfur. We are now going to discuss the skin infections that each one of these organisms causes. We shall start with dermatphytosis. Dermatophytosis. Fungal skin infections caused by dermatophytes infect the skin, hair follicles and nails …
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What types of microbes can invade skin? Of the five classes of microbes that cause human disease--viruses, bacteria, fungi, single-cell protozoans, and multicellular helminths or worms--only helminths can penetrate unbroken skin; for example, the larvae of Schistosomiasis mansoni can directly invade the skin of the feet of those wading barefoot ...
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