Fungal Skin Infections

Yeast infections

Candida

  • Candidageneral information
  • Napkin dermatitis(diaper rash)
  • Oral candidiasis(oral thrush)
  • Vulvovaginal candidiasis(vaginal thrush)
  • Candida intertrigo(skin fold infection)
  • Paronychia(nail fold infections)
  • Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
  • Cyclic vulvovaginitis(cyclical symptoms due to vulvovaginal candidiasis)

Malassezia

  • Malasseziageneral information
  • Pityriasis (tinea) versicolor
  • Malassezia (pityrosporum) folliculitis
  • Seborrhoeic dermatitis

Dermatophyte infections

  • Mycology(study of fungi)
  • Laboratory tests for fungal infection
  • Tinea infections
  • Tinea barbae(fungal infection of the beard)
  • Tinea capitis(fungal infection of the scalp)
  • Tinea corporis(fungal infection of the trunk and limbs)
  • Tinea cruris(fungal infection of the groin)
  • Tinea faciei(fungal infection of the face)
  • Tinea incognito(steroid-treated fungal infection)
  • Tinea manuum(fungal infection of the hand)
  • Tinea pedis(fungal infection of the foot)
  • Tinea unguium(onychomycosis, fungal nail infection)
  • Majocchi granuloma(deep fungal infection of hair follicles)
  • Kerion(fungal abscess)
  • Dermatophytide (id) reactions(dermatitis in reaction to tinea infection)

Deep fungal infections

  • Aspergillosis
  • Blastomycosis
  • Cryptococcosis
  • Chromoblastomycosis
  • Histoplasmosis
  • Mycetoma
  • Sporotrichosis
  • Sporotrichoid spread
  • Systemic mycoses
  • Zygomycosis

Other fungal infections

  • Mould infections
  • Tinea nigra
  • Favus

Treatment of fungal infections

  • Treatment of fungal infections
  • Oral antifungal medications
  • Topical antifungal medications

Differential diagnosis of fungal infections

  • Athlete’s foot(rash between the toes)
  • Cradle cap(pityriasis capitis, infantile seborrhoeic dermatitis of scalp)
  • Intertrigo(body fold rashes)