YEAST
- Candida albicans
- Pityrosporum: pityriasis versicolor & seborrheic dermatitis
Candida albicans
- It is a commensal flora of the gut which become pathogenic when the immune status of the person changed as in the following conditions:
- Physiological (old age, neonate and pregnancy)
- Pathological (DM, HIV and organ transplant)
- Long course of Antibiotics
Candida albicans
Mucosal Candidiasis
- Oral candidiasis i. Oral thrush ii. Angular cheilitis
- Genital candidiasis
Oral candidiasis
Oral candidiasis: thrush can be removed by rubbing with gauze
Candidiasis of the tongue
Angular cheilitis
Candida groin infection
satellite lesion seen in candiasis papule pastules at margins
Pityriasis versicolor
Pityrosporum orbiculare
- Asymptomatic
- Well demarcated brown patches over the trunk and upper extremities
may appear specific time, with increased temperature or humidity or exercise
Mycetoma (Madura foot)
- Various species of fungus or actinomycetes may be involved.
- They gain access usually to the feet or legs, via a penetrating wound.
- The area becomes lumpy and distorted and developing multiple sinuses.
discharge yellowish granule from sinuses
Pus exuding from these sinuses shows tiny diagnostic granules. Treatment
- is Surgical and medical by systemic antibiotics or antifungal drugs, depending on the organism isolated.