Friday, April 9, 2010

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Scopulariopsis spp.geicohands-like conidiophore
large, rough, annelloconidia (produced by annelides)
Aspergillus spp.
Conidiophores with phialoconidia
brush like
similar with Penicillium but has more volume & shorter conidia
Superficial Mycoses
  1. Disease:
  • Pityriasis versicolor (patches altered pigment, versicolor & scaling)
  • Seborrhoeic dermatitis (includes Follicular pityriasis & Dandruff)



causative agent: Malassezia furfur
hyphae & yeast (spaghetti & meat balls)
Basidiomycete
Lipophilic yeast (loves fat/lipid)
can be systemic => nutritional, supplementation, associate with catheters  

  1. Tinea nigra
      • causative agent: Exophiala wernekii (dimorphic, Ascomycete, yeast in culture; mold in lession)
      • form brown to black spots
      • tropical disease
      • palm & soles
      • young F>M 
  2. Piedra: infect hair, formation of waxy small, firm masses on hair
    • Black
      • black nodules on scalp
      • causative agent: Piedraia hortae ()
      • tropical, M>F (swimmers)
    • White
      • white nodules on beard, mustache, genital region
      • causative agent: Trichosporon beigelii (mold, septate, hyphae)
      • temperate & tropical, south US, M>F
Dermatophytes (skin infection)
  • Trichophyton
  • Microsporum
  • Edidermophyton
All molds, septate hyphae
30-70% adults
incident increase with age

1 comment:

  1. Hi, all so good to be back. I have a question, about scalp popping cottony looking things, some small and hard like pellets, some pop and are almost like popcorn. Not sure, is it yeast, sebum, or paper from mites

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