1.3-CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION

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CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNGI

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✓ Superficial mycoses
✓ Subcutaneous mycoses
✓ Systemic mycoses
✓ Opportunistic mycoses

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 Fungal infections that involve the hair, skin, or nails

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SUPERFICIAL OR CUTANEOUS MYCOSES

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SUPERFICIAL OR CUTANEOUS MYCOSES

 Fungi in this category include the

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dermatophytes

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dermatophytes infect

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keratinized tissues

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 Confined to the subcutaneous tissue

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SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSES

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 Examples of subcutaneous infections include

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chromoblastomycosis, mycetoma, and
phaeohyphomycotic cysts (Wangiella or Exophiala dermatitidis)

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 Primarily involve the lungs but also may become widely
disseminated and involve any organ system

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SYSTEMIC MYCOSES

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 Systemic fungal infections include the genera

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Blastomyces, Coccidioides, Histoplasma, and
Paracoccidioides

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may also be considered a part of SYSTEMIC MYCOSES

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P. marneffei

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MOT SYSTEMIC MYCOSES

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INHALATION

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 The infections these organisms cause occur primarily in
patients with some type of compromise of the immune
system.

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OPPORTUNISTIC MYCOSES

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 Most commonly encountered genera in this opportunistic group are

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Aspergillus, Candida, and Cryptococcus
 Also Zygomycetes

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Superficial Mycosis

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Pityriasis versicolor
Tinea nigra
White piedra
Black piedra

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Cutaneous Mycosis

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Dermatophytosis

Candidiasis of skin,
mucosa, or nails

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Subcutaneous Mycosis

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Sporotrichosis
Chromoblastomycosis
Mycetoma
Phaeohyphomycosis

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Endemic (primary, systemic) Mycosis

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Coccidioidomycosis

Histoplasmosis

Blastomycosis

Paracoccidioidomycosis

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Opportunistic mycosis

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Systemic candidiasis
Cryptococcosis
Aspergillosis
Hyalohyphomycosis
Phaehyphomycosis
Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis)
Penicilliosis

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Causative agent of Pityriasis versicolor

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Malassezia spp.

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Causative agent of Tinea nigra

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Hortaea werneckii

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Causative agent of White piedra

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Trichosporon spp.
Black piedra Piedraia hortae

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Causative agent of Black piedra

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Piedraia hortae

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Causative agent of Dermatophytosis

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Microsporum spp., Trichophyton spp, and Epidermophyton floccosum

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Causative agent of Candidiasis of skin, mucosa, or nails

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Candida albicans and other Candida spp.

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Causative agent of Sporotrichosis Aka Rose Gardener’s disease because the MOT is prick or trauma ex: sa plants na may thorns

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Sporothrix schenckii

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Causative agent of Mycetoma

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Pseudallescheria boydii, Madurella mycetomatis, and others

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Causative agent of Chromoblastomycosis

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Phialophora verrucosa, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, and others

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Causative agent of Phaeohyphomycosis

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Exophiala, Bipolaris, Exserohilum, and other dematiaceous molds

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Causative agent of Coccidioidomycosis

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Coccidioides posadasii and Coccidioides immitis

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Causative agent of Histoplasmosis

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Causative agent of Paracoccidioidomycosis

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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

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Causative agent of Blastomycosis

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Causative agent of Cryptococcosis

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Causative agent of Systemic candidiasis

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Candida albicans and other Candida species

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Causative agent of Aspergillosis

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Aspergillus fumigatus and other Aspergillus species

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Causative agent of Hyalohyphomycosis

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Species of Fusarium, Paecilomyces, Trichosporon and other hyaline molds

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Causative agent of Phaehyphomycosis

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Cladophialophora bantiana; species of Alternaria, Cladosporium, Bipolaris, Exserohilum, and numerous otherdematiaceous molds

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Causative agent of Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis)

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Species of Rhizopus, Absidia, Cunninghamella, and other zygomycetes

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Causative agent of Penicilliosis

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Penicillium marneffeii