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Introduction
 Affect: skin, nail & hair
 Mild & chronic infections
 Fungi specialized saprophytes: digest keratin
 Three types of infections:
 Surface infection: dead layer of skin- tinea
 Cutaneous infection: cornified layer of skin, dermatophytes
 Subcutaneous infections- mycetoma, rhinosporidiosis
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Surface infection
 Dead layer of skin
 No inflammatory response
 Cosmetic effects
 Eg. Tinea versicolor, Tinea
nigra & Piedra.
Cutaneous infection:
Dermatophytosis/ tinea/ ringworm
 cornified layer of skin, hair, nail
 Inflammatory & allergic
response
 Candidiasis
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Tinea Versicolor
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 Tinea versicolor (or pityriasis versicolor)  chronic recurrent condition
involving the superficial layer (stratum corneum) of skin.
 Caused by a lipophilic fungus Malassezia furfur.
Clinical Manifestations
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 Characterized by flat-round scaly patches of
hypo- to hyperpigmentation of skin.
 Lesions - non-inflammatory and non-pruritic
 Areas rich in sebaceous glands - commonly
involved - neck, chest, or upper arms
 Disease is more common in moist humid
areas.
A B
 Localized infection of
stratum corneum
 Painless brown or black
macular lesions- hands
 Causative agent:
 Hortaea wernickii
(Exophiala werneckii),
black coloured fungus
 Infection of hair
 Characterized by firm,
irregular nodules along
the hair shaft
 Black piedra  Piedraia
hortae
 White piedra 
Trichosporon beigelii
Laboratory Diagnosis
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 Direct microscopy: Skin scrapings
examined - after treating with 10% KOH.
 Mixture of budding yeasts and short
septate hyphae  seen -spaghetti and
meatballs appearance- Malassezia
furfur.
Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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 Culture: SDA with olive oil overlay - fried egg colonies- Malassezia
furfur appear after incubating for 57 days at 3235属C
 Urease test: positive
 Woods lamp examination: golden yellow fluorescence.
 White Piedra- : Trichosporon beigelii, yeast like fungus, arthrospores
 Black Piedra- Piedraia hortae- Phaeoid fungus
Dermatophytoses
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 Dermatophytoses (or tinea or ringworm) - most common superficial
mycoses affecting skin, hair and nail- infecting keratinized tissues-
inflammatory & HST reaction
 Classification
 Trichophyton species: Infect skin, hair and nail
 Microsporum species: Infect skin and hair
 Epidermophyton species: Infect skin and nail
Pathogenesis
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 Acquired by direct contact with soil, animals or humans infected with
fungal spores
 Predisposing factors - moist humid skin and tight ill-fitting underclothing
 Fungal products: local inflammation
 Hypersensitivity to fungal antigens
 Severity depends on the infecting fungi, immune status of the host and
the site of lesion
Clinical Types
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Ring worm infections (Tinea)
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A B
C D
A. Tinea capitis (favus);
B. Tinea faciei;
C. Tinea pedis;
D. Tinea corporis.
TENIA CAPITIS
Favus: dense crusts
(scutula) develop in the hair
follicles  leads to alopecia
& scarring
Kerioon: boggy lesions with marked
inflammatory reactions
Fungal Infections of Skin, Soft tissue.pptx
Fungal Infections of Skin, Soft tissue.pptx
DISEASE COMMON CAUSATIVE AGENTS
Tinea capitis Microsporum any spp., trichophyton most
spp.
Favus T.schoenleinii, T. violaceum, M. gypseum
Tinea barbae T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, T.
verrucosum
Tinea imbricata T. concentricum
Tinea corporis T. rubrum & any other dermatophyte
Tinea cruris E. floccosum, T. rubrum
Tinea pedis T. rubrum, E. floccosum
Ectothrix hair
infection
Microsporum spp., T. rubrum, T.
mentagrophytes
Endothrix hair
infection
T.schoenleinii, T. tonsurans, T. violaceum
 Sample collection
 Scraping from the edge of the lesions
 Infected hair to be plucked out  ectothrix /
endothrix
 Infected nail clippings
 KOH mount
 Culture on SDA with antibiotics &
cycloheximide  incubated at R.T.
 Growth slow  1-3 weeks
Fungal Infections of Skin, Soft tissue.pptx
Laboratory Diagnosis
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Woods Lamp Examination:
 Positive for various Microsporum species &Trichophyton schoenleinii
 Fluorescence is due to the presence of pteridine pigment in cell wall
Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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 KOH mount or calcofluor white stain - thin septate
hyaline hyphae with arthroconidia
 Hair  arthroconidia on the surface of shaft
(ectothrix) or within the shaft (endothrix)
Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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 Culture:
 SDA containing cycloheximide - incubated at 2628属C for 4 weeks
 Potato dextrose agar  better sporulation
 Identification is made by:
 Macroscopic appearance of the colonies - rate of growth, texture,
pigmentation, colony topography
Macroconidia of various dermatophyte species
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C D E
C. Trichophyton mentagrophytes;
D. Microsporum canis;
E. Epidermophyton floccosum
Microscopic appearance of various dermatophyte
species (LPCB mount)
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A. Trichophyton mentagrophytes; B. Microsporum canis; C. Epidermophyton floccosum.
Special types of hyphae seen in dermatophytes
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G
H
I
Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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 Other Methods of Diagnosis:
 Hair perforation test:
 Fungi pierce hair producing wedge-shaped perforations
 Positive  T.mentagrophytes and M.canis
 Urease test: Trichophyton mentagrophytes is urease positive
SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSES
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 The agents of subcutaneous mycoses usually inhabit the soil
 They enter the skin by traumatic inoculation with contaminated material-
thorn prick
 Tend to produce granulomatous lesions in the subcutaneous tissue
 Eg Mycetoma, rhinosporidiosis, sporotrichosis, chromoblastomycosis
SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSES
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Sprotrichosis-
lymphocutaneous mycosis-
Sprothrix schenckii-
thermally dimorphic fungus
Mycetoma
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 Chronic, slowly progressive granulomatous infection of the skin and
subcutaneous tissues
 Triad: Swelling, discharging sinuses and presence of granules in the
discharge
 Maduramycosis or Madura foot - first described in Madurai-John Gill (1842)
 Eumycetoma  caused by fungi
 Actinomycetoma  Caused by bacteria
 Bacterial (botryomycosis)- Staphylococcus, Streptomyses
Clinical Manifestations
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 Clinical triad
1. Tumor like swelling (tumefaction)
2. Discharging sinuses
3. Granules in sinuses
Commonest site  Feet (Hands, back)
 Osteolytic or osteosclerotic bony lesions
 Usually painless
Laboratory Diagnosis
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Specimen Collection:
 Grains/ Granules/ biopsy collected on sterile gauze by pressing the
sinuses from periphery or by using a loop
Direct Examination:
 Granules washed in sterile saline; crushed between the slides and
examined
Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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 Macroscopic appearance of granules - color, size, shape, texture
 Suspected Eumycetoma :
 KOH mount - hyphae of 26 亮m width along with chlamydospores at margin
 Suspected Actinomycetoma:
 Gram staining - filamentous gram positive bacilli (0.51 亮m wide)
 Modified acid fast stain  Nocardia is weekly acid fast
Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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 Histopathological staining and KOH of the granules:
A B
Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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Culture:
 Granules - best specimen for culture
 Both fungal (SDA) and bacteriological media (Lowenstein Jensen medium,
Blood agar) - inoculated
 Eumycetoma agents - growth rate, colony morphology, production of
conidia and their sugar assimilation patterns
Other Subcutaneous Mycoses
 Sporotrichosis- Lymhocutaneous
 Chrmoblastomycosis- slow growing and polymorphic - verrucose (most
common type), crusted, ulcerative and nodular or tumor-like lesions,
Caused by darkly pigmented fungi- that produce a characteristic morphology
called sclerotic body- Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladosporium
carrionii
 Rhinosporidiosis- rhinosporidium seeberi-
 now considered protista- not cultivable
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Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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 Microscopy-
 Asteroid body - central basophilic yeast cell surrounded
by radiating extensions of eosinophilic mass, composed
of antigen-antibody complexes- sporotrichosis, also
observed in zygomycosis, candidiasis, aspergillosis and
blastomycosis
 Sclerotic bodies: brown thick walled round cells (512
亮m size) with multiple internal transverse septa - also
called Medlar bodies or muriform cells or copper
pennies.- Chromoblastomycosis
Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..)
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 Culture: Definitive tool for diagnosis.
 Specimens - inoculated onto SDA and blood agar in duplicate - incubated
at 25属C and 37属C simultaneously - S. schenckii is a dimorphic fungus
 At 25属C: Produces mycelial form - slender delicate hyphae with conidia
arranged in - flower-like pattern.
 At 37属C: Produces yeast form - moist creamy white colonies which
turn brown black in 1014 days.
A B
OPPORTUNISTIC MYCOSES OF SKIN
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 Penicillium marneffei - thermally dimorphic fungus, Renamed as -
Talaromyces marneffei
 Causes opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients.
 Skin lesions: Warty lesions mimicking that of molluscum
contagiosum
 Lab Diagnosis- Histopathological staining- oval or elliptical yeast
cells with central septation
 Culture on SDA- black pigment
Candidiasis
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 Candida species are the most common fungal agent to cause lesions of
skin and mucosa.
 Oropharyngeal candidiasis : white, adherent, painless patch
 Vulvovaginitis: pruritus, pain, and vaginal discharge (whitish curd like in
severe cases)
 Balanitis and balanoposthitis
 Esophageal candidiasis

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Fungal Infections of Skin, Soft tissue.pptx

  • 2. 2
  • 3. Introduction Affect: skin, nail & hair Mild & chronic infections Fungi specialized saprophytes: digest keratin Three types of infections: Surface infection: dead layer of skin- tinea Cutaneous infection: cornified layer of skin, dermatophytes Subcutaneous infections- mycetoma, rhinosporidiosis 3
  • 4. 4
  • 5. Surface infection Dead layer of skin No inflammatory response Cosmetic effects Eg. Tinea versicolor, Tinea nigra & Piedra. Cutaneous infection: Dermatophytosis/ tinea/ ringworm cornified layer of skin, hair, nail Inflammatory & allergic response Candidiasis 5
  • 6. Tinea Versicolor 6 Tinea versicolor (or pityriasis versicolor) chronic recurrent condition involving the superficial layer (stratum corneum) of skin. Caused by a lipophilic fungus Malassezia furfur.
  • 7. Clinical Manifestations 7 Characterized by flat-round scaly patches of hypo- to hyperpigmentation of skin. Lesions - non-inflammatory and non-pruritic Areas rich in sebaceous glands - commonly involved - neck, chest, or upper arms Disease is more common in moist humid areas. A B
  • 8. Localized infection of stratum corneum Painless brown or black macular lesions- hands Causative agent: Hortaea wernickii (Exophiala werneckii), black coloured fungus
  • 9. Infection of hair Characterized by firm, irregular nodules along the hair shaft Black piedra Piedraia hortae White piedra Trichosporon beigelii
  • 10. Laboratory Diagnosis 10 Direct microscopy: Skin scrapings examined - after treating with 10% KOH. Mixture of budding yeasts and short septate hyphae seen -spaghetti and meatballs appearance- Malassezia furfur.
  • 11. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 11 Culture: SDA with olive oil overlay - fried egg colonies- Malassezia furfur appear after incubating for 57 days at 3235属C Urease test: positive Woods lamp examination: golden yellow fluorescence. White Piedra- : Trichosporon beigelii, yeast like fungus, arthrospores Black Piedra- Piedraia hortae- Phaeoid fungus
  • 12. Dermatophytoses 12 Dermatophytoses (or tinea or ringworm) - most common superficial mycoses affecting skin, hair and nail- infecting keratinized tissues- inflammatory & HST reaction Classification Trichophyton species: Infect skin, hair and nail Microsporum species: Infect skin and hair Epidermophyton species: Infect skin and nail
  • 13. Pathogenesis 13 Acquired by direct contact with soil, animals or humans infected with fungal spores Predisposing factors - moist humid skin and tight ill-fitting underclothing Fungal products: local inflammation Hypersensitivity to fungal antigens Severity depends on the infecting fungi, immune status of the host and the site of lesion
  • 15. Ring worm infections (Tinea) 15 A B C D A. Tinea capitis (favus); B. Tinea faciei; C. Tinea pedis; D. Tinea corporis.
  • 16. TENIA CAPITIS Favus: dense crusts (scutula) develop in the hair follicles leads to alopecia & scarring Kerioon: boggy lesions with marked inflammatory reactions
  • 19. DISEASE COMMON CAUSATIVE AGENTS Tinea capitis Microsporum any spp., trichophyton most spp. Favus T.schoenleinii, T. violaceum, M. gypseum Tinea barbae T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, T. verrucosum Tinea imbricata T. concentricum Tinea corporis T. rubrum & any other dermatophyte Tinea cruris E. floccosum, T. rubrum Tinea pedis T. rubrum, E. floccosum Ectothrix hair infection Microsporum spp., T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes Endothrix hair infection T.schoenleinii, T. tonsurans, T. violaceum
  • 20. Sample collection Scraping from the edge of the lesions Infected hair to be plucked out ectothrix / endothrix Infected nail clippings KOH mount Culture on SDA with antibiotics & cycloheximide incubated at R.T. Growth slow 1-3 weeks
  • 22. Laboratory Diagnosis 22 Woods Lamp Examination: Positive for various Microsporum species &Trichophyton schoenleinii Fluorescence is due to the presence of pteridine pigment in cell wall
  • 23. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 23 KOH mount or calcofluor white stain - thin septate hyaline hyphae with arthroconidia Hair arthroconidia on the surface of shaft (ectothrix) or within the shaft (endothrix)
  • 24. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 24 Culture: SDA containing cycloheximide - incubated at 2628属C for 4 weeks Potato dextrose agar better sporulation Identification is made by: Macroscopic appearance of the colonies - rate of growth, texture, pigmentation, colony topography
  • 25. Macroconidia of various dermatophyte species 25 C D E C. Trichophyton mentagrophytes; D. Microsporum canis; E. Epidermophyton floccosum
  • 26. Microscopic appearance of various dermatophyte species (LPCB mount) 26 A. Trichophyton mentagrophytes; B. Microsporum canis; C. Epidermophyton floccosum.
  • 27. Special types of hyphae seen in dermatophytes 27 G H I
  • 28. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 28 Other Methods of Diagnosis: Hair perforation test: Fungi pierce hair producing wedge-shaped perforations Positive T.mentagrophytes and M.canis Urease test: Trichophyton mentagrophytes is urease positive
  • 29. SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSES 29 The agents of subcutaneous mycoses usually inhabit the soil They enter the skin by traumatic inoculation with contaminated material- thorn prick Tend to produce granulomatous lesions in the subcutaneous tissue Eg Mycetoma, rhinosporidiosis, sporotrichosis, chromoblastomycosis
  • 31. Mycetoma 31 Chronic, slowly progressive granulomatous infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues Triad: Swelling, discharging sinuses and presence of granules in the discharge Maduramycosis or Madura foot - first described in Madurai-John Gill (1842) Eumycetoma caused by fungi Actinomycetoma Caused by bacteria Bacterial (botryomycosis)- Staphylococcus, Streptomyses
  • 32. Clinical Manifestations 32 Clinical triad 1. Tumor like swelling (tumefaction) 2. Discharging sinuses 3. Granules in sinuses Commonest site Feet (Hands, back) Osteolytic or osteosclerotic bony lesions Usually painless
  • 33. Laboratory Diagnosis 33 Specimen Collection: Grains/ Granules/ biopsy collected on sterile gauze by pressing the sinuses from periphery or by using a loop Direct Examination: Granules washed in sterile saline; crushed between the slides and examined
  • 34. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 34 Macroscopic appearance of granules - color, size, shape, texture Suspected Eumycetoma : KOH mount - hyphae of 26 亮m width along with chlamydospores at margin Suspected Actinomycetoma: Gram staining - filamentous gram positive bacilli (0.51 亮m wide) Modified acid fast stain Nocardia is weekly acid fast
  • 35. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 35 Histopathological staining and KOH of the granules: A B
  • 36. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 36 Culture: Granules - best specimen for culture Both fungal (SDA) and bacteriological media (Lowenstein Jensen medium, Blood agar) - inoculated Eumycetoma agents - growth rate, colony morphology, production of conidia and their sugar assimilation patterns
  • 37. Other Subcutaneous Mycoses Sporotrichosis- Lymhocutaneous Chrmoblastomycosis- slow growing and polymorphic - verrucose (most common type), crusted, ulcerative and nodular or tumor-like lesions, Caused by darkly pigmented fungi- that produce a characteristic morphology called sclerotic body- Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladosporium carrionii Rhinosporidiosis- rhinosporidium seeberi- now considered protista- not cultivable 37
  • 38. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 38 Microscopy- Asteroid body - central basophilic yeast cell surrounded by radiating extensions of eosinophilic mass, composed of antigen-antibody complexes- sporotrichosis, also observed in zygomycosis, candidiasis, aspergillosis and blastomycosis Sclerotic bodies: brown thick walled round cells (512 亮m size) with multiple internal transverse septa - also called Medlar bodies or muriform cells or copper pennies.- Chromoblastomycosis
  • 39. Laboratory Diagnosis (Cont..) 39 Culture: Definitive tool for diagnosis. Specimens - inoculated onto SDA and blood agar in duplicate - incubated at 25属C and 37属C simultaneously - S. schenckii is a dimorphic fungus At 25属C: Produces mycelial form - slender delicate hyphae with conidia arranged in - flower-like pattern. At 37属C: Produces yeast form - moist creamy white colonies which turn brown black in 1014 days. A B
  • 40. OPPORTUNISTIC MYCOSES OF SKIN 40 Penicillium marneffei - thermally dimorphic fungus, Renamed as - Talaromyces marneffei Causes opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients. Skin lesions: Warty lesions mimicking that of molluscum contagiosum Lab Diagnosis- Histopathological staining- oval or elliptical yeast cells with central septation Culture on SDA- black pigment
  • 41. Candidiasis 41 Candida species are the most common fungal agent to cause lesions of skin and mucosa. Oropharyngeal candidiasis : white, adherent, painless patch Vulvovaginitis: pruritus, pain, and vaginal discharge (whitish curd like in severe cases) Balanitis and balanoposthitis Esophageal candidiasis