LESSON 3 CUTANEOUS

also called Tinea (ringworms)

 hair = brittle, broken: ectothrix (outside the hair strand), endothrix (inside the hair strand),
favic type (yellow cup shape crust surrounding the hair follicle)
 nails = thick, discolored
 skin = ring-like patches; ringworm

Tinea capitis Tinea favosa

Tinea capitis or Tinea favosa and causative Fungi

Site Dermatophyte
Ectothrix M. audouinii, M. canis, M. ferrugineum, T. mentagrophytes,
T. verrucosum
Endothrix T. tonsurans, T. violaceum, T. soudanense
Favic T. schoenlenii

DIFFERENT TYPES
TYPE OF RINGWOR OF RINGWORMS
LOCATION
ACCORDING
FUNGI
TO
M
ANATOMICAL PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY
Tinea capitis Head, hair Microsporum, Trichophyton
Tinea faecialis or Tinea 
Face Trichophyton rubrum
feciei
Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Trichophyto
Tinea barbae Bearded area in men
n verrucosum

Tinea corporis Body, torso T. rubrum, Microsporum, T. tonsurans

Tinea manuum Hands T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, E. floccosum

Tinea cercinata Body (concentric ringw
T. concentricum
orms
Epidermophyton floccosum
Tinea cruris Jockey’s itch, groin
T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes
Tinea pedis Feet T. rubrum, T. mentarophytes, E. floccosum

Tinea unguium,
Nail bed T. rubrum
Onychomycosis
 Tinea Tinea barbae Tinea corporis Tinea circinata
faecialis/Tinea
feciei

Tinea cruris Tinea pedis Tinea unguium/ Tinea manuum

Onychomycosis

SEPTATE,
ARTHROSPOR BRANCHING
ES/ HYALINE
ARTHROCONI HYPHAE
DIA
ARTHROSPOR
ES

The 10% KOH Mount seen under the

brightfield microscope. The diagnostic
features are: SEPTATE, BRANCHING,
HYALINE HYPHAE, WITH SEPTATE, BRANCHING
ARTHROSPORES OR HYPHAES
ARTHROCONIDIA.

MICROSPORUM = cottony
to powdery colonies with leaf-like
macroconidia
 TRICHOPHYTON =
Cottony to velvety colonies with pencil-shape or slender
macroconidia

EPIDERMOPHYT
ON FLOCCOSUM
=
Colonies are khaki
colored, suede texture,
maybe folded; beaver-tail
like macroconidia