CutaneousFungalInfections-PPT-ArkansasState.ppt

Cutaneous Fungal Infections Dermatophytosis - ringworm disease of the nails, hair, and/or stratum corneum of the skin caused by fungi called dermatophytes. Dermatomycosis? - more general name for any skin disease caused by a fungus. THE SKIN PLANTS Etiological agents are called dermatophytes - skin plants.? Three important anamorphic genera, (i.e., Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton), are involved in ringworm. Dermatophytes are keratinophilic - keratin loving.? Keratin is a major protein found in horns, hooves, nails, hair, and skin. Ringworm - disease called ‘herpes by the Gree