2025年1月6日 · Cutaneous mycoses are a group of superficial fungal infections affecting the skin and its appendages, including the hair and nails. The term mycoses generally refers to an infection caused by fungi, also known as mycetes, while cutaneous refers to …

Fungal infections, or mycosis, are diseases caused by a fungus (yeast or mold). Fungal infections are most common on your skin or nails, but fungi (plural of fungus) can also cause infections in your mouth, throat, lungs, urinary tract and many other parts of your body.

2024年6月12日 · Yeast infections of your skin are called cutaneous candidiasis. A type of fungus called candida causes these infections when it grows too much. Yeast infections aren’t contagious.

Cutaneous Mycoses may be classified as dermatophytoses or dermatomycoses. Dermatophytoses are caused by the agents of the genera Epidermophyton, Microsporum, and Trichophyton . Dermatomycoses are cutaneous infections due to other fungi, the most common of which are Candida spp.

Most cutaneous mycoses are caused by dermatophytes (agents of ringworm, athlete’s foot, etc), but may also be caused by yeasts of the Candida genus and other non-dermatophytic fungi, like tinea and piedra.

Dermatophyte mycoses of the skin are microscopic fungi that can cause skin infections in humans and animals. Cutaneous mycosis caused by dermatophytes can take different forms, such as ringworm (mycosis of the scalp and hair), nail mycosis and athlete's foot.

CUTANEOUS MYCOSES. Dermatophytic fungi cause cutaneous mycoses by attacking exclusively keratinized tissue (skin, hair, and nails). The most significant of them are the dermatophytes, a collection of roughly 40 related fungi grouped into three genera: Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton.

Medical mycoses can be divided into four categories: (1) cutaneous, (2) subcutaneous, (3) systemic, and (4) opportunistic. Some features of the important fungal diseases are described in Table 48–1. Cutaneous and subcutaneous mycoses are discussed in this chapter, and important features of the causative organisms are described in Table 48–2.

Mycoses that cause superficial infections of the epidermis, hair, and nails, are called cutaneous mycoses. Mycoses that penetrate the epidermis and the dermis to infect deeper tissues are called subcutaneous mycoses. Mycoses that spread throughout the body are called systemic mycoses.

2023年6月23日 · Fungal infections can be divided into three categories: superficial and cutaneous, subcutaneous, and systemic (see Table 1). Superficial and cutaneous infections may occur following contact with an infectious source, or from a change in the host or the skin flora.