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fungi2 name
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| White piedra | Trichosporon spp |
| Blak Piedra | Piedraia hortae |
| Tinea versicolor | Malassezia furfur |
| Tinea Nigra | Hortaea werneckii |
| What is the group of fungi called which causes cutaneous mycoses such as "ringworm"? | Dermatophytes |
| Dermatophytes | Trichophyton spp, Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum spp |
| Anthropophilic dermatophytes | infection from other humans |
| Zoophilic dermatophytes | infection from animals |
| Geophilic dermatophytes | infection from soil |
| Dermatophytosis | Tinea capitis, Tinea barbae, Tinea corporis, Tinia cruris, Tinea pedis, Tinia unguium |
| Dermatophytosis of the scalp | Tinea capitis |
| Dermatophytosis of the bearded areas of the face and neck | Tinea barbae |
| Dermatophytosis of the trunk | Tinea corporis |
| Typical idea of "ringworm" | Tinea corporis |
| Dermatophytosis of the groin | Tinea cruris |
| "jock itch" | Tinea cruris |
| Dermatophytosis of the feet | Tinea pedis |
| "athlete's foot" | Tinea pedis |
| Dermatophytosis of the nails | Tinea unguium(Onychomycosis) |
| Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis | Sporothrix schenckii, Ubiquitous in soil,"rose gardener's disease", Secondary lymphatic nodules appear after two weeks, nodules may ulcerate, discharge pus |
| Chromoblastomycosis | Dematiaceous(pigmented) molds, progression to multiple, large, warty, "cauliflower-like" growths |
| Eumycotic mycetoma | a fungal tumor, Phaeoacremonium spp, Fusrium spp, Aspergillus nidulans, Scedospium apiospermum, Madurella spp, AExophiala jeanselmei, identical as actinomycotic mycetoma, sinus tracts appear on the skin surface |
| Subcutaneous Zygomycosis | Basidiobolus ranarum(limb, disk shaped rubbery moveable masses), Conidiobolus coronatus(face, swelling) |
| Subcuteous phaeohyphomycosis | Exophiala jeanselmei, Wangiella dermatidis or others. Inflammatory cyst |