 TAXONOMY
* nodules composed of hyhae
 Zygomycota (Glomerulomycota)
- aseptate
- presence of SPORANGIUM
- Mucor, Rhizopus, and
Absidia
 Ascomycota
- septate
- presence of ASCOSPORES
- Microsporum,
Trichophyton, and
Paracoccidioides boydii
 Basidiomycota
- septate with clamp
connection - - - formed
when two nuclei are of
different mating type
- presence of
BASIDIOSPORES
- Filobasidiella neoformans
 Deuteromycota
- Fungi Imperfecti
- no mode of sexual
reproduction
- largest number of species
 Mycoses
- diseases caused by fungi
 Superficial Mycoses
- confined to outermost layer of skin or
hair
- Tinea or Dermatophytoses
* Ringworm
- Tinea versicolor (pityriasis versicolor)
* discoloration or
depigmentation and scaling of the skin
* caused by yeast Malasseiza
furfur complex
- Tinea nigra
* brown to black macular
patches on the palms
* caused by Phaeoannellomyces
werneckii
* Biopsy and culture to
distinguish
- Piedra
and a cement-like substance that
attaches to hair shaft
* White Piedra – Piedraia
hortae
* Black Piedra – Trichophyton
ovoides and T. inkin
 Cutaneous Mycoses
- affect skin, hair, and nails
* itching, scaling, ringlike
patches of skin
* thickened, discoloured nails
* brittle broken hairs
- Trichophyton, Epidermophyton,
Microsporum
 Subcutaneous Mycoses
- involve deeper skin layers
* generally dissemination
through the blood does not occur
- CLINICAL FEATURES:
* Chromoblastomycosis
- nonhealing ulcers
* Eumycotic Mycetoma
- draining sinus tracts
* Lymphocutaneous infection
- may become systemic
- Sporothrix schenckii
 Systemic Mycoses
- infections that affect internal organs
or deep tissues of the body
- frequently enter via lungs, then spread
- SYMPTOMS:
* Fever
* Fatigue
* Sometimes, chronic cough
and chest pain
- EXPAMPLES:
* Histoplasma
* Coccidioides
* Blastomyces
* Aspergillus
* Fusarium
* Bipolaris
* Candida
* Cryptococcus