Superficial Fungal Infections Flashcards

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What causes black piedra?

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Piedraia Hortae

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What is the cause of Tinea Nigra?

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Hortaea Werneckii

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What causes white piedra

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Trichosporon cutaneum (formerly T. Beigelii), also T. Ovoides, T. inkin, T. asahii

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What is the most common cause of Tinea corporis?

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Trichophyton Rubrum

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What is the causes of tinea imbricata?

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T. Concentricum

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What is the most common cause of majocchi’s granuloma?

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T. Rubrum

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What are the most common cause of tinea capitis?

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T. Rubrum (MC), M. canis (highly inflammatory), M. Auodouinii

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Name the flourescent ectothrix infections? What is it that flouresces?

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Cats and Dogs Fight and Growl Sometimes
M. Canis, M. Auduoinii, M. Distortum, M. Ferrugineum, M. Gypseum (sometimes), T. Schoenleinii
Pteridine causes flourescence

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Name the endothrix infections?

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Ringo Gave Yoko Two Squeaky Violins

T. Rubrum (both endo/ecto), T. Gourvilli, T. Yaounde, T. Tonsurans, T. Soudanense, T. Violaceum

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What types cause Tinea Flavus?

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T. Schoenleinii, T. Violaceum, M. Gypseum

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Causes of tinea pedis most common? Mocassin type? Bullous? Interdigital?

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MC-T. Rubrum
Mocassin-T. rubrum, E. Floccosum
Bullous- T. Mentagrophytes
Interdigital-T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes

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Most common cause of onychomycosis?

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T. Rubrum

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Most common cause of white superficial onychomycosis?

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T. Mentagrophytes

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What fungi require thiamine for growth?

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T. Violaceum, T. Concentricum, T. Tonsurans, T. verrucosum

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Which fungi have a requirement for both thiamine and inositol?

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T. Verrucosum

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Which fungi require histidine for growth?

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T. Megnini

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Which fungi require nicotinic acid for growth?

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T. equinum