PPT-Fungal infections of the skin

By Nader Alaridah MDPhD Skin amp subcutaneous Mycoses 1Superficial mycoses such as Caused by Malassezia 2Cutaneous mycoses such as Dermatophytes Cutaneous candidiasis Caused by. (Mycoses). Learning Objectives. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to. :. Discuss how fungi cause diseases. Compare and contrast superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic and opportunistic mycoses in terms of characteristics/definition, example of diseases it may cause and its causative . A. Bacterial Skin Diseases. 1. . Staphylococcus aureus. – the most serious Staphylococcal pathogen. A) Gram-positive cocci that form grape-like clusters that are frequently found in the nostrils of virtually every person at one time or another. Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs. Fungal Infections. Locations of fungal infections. Fungi. are found in soil, air, and contaminated food.. Mycoses are infections or diseases caused by a fungus.. Types of infections. infections . in Portugal. Raquel Sabino. 1. , Cristina . Verissímo. C. 1. , . Célia. Pais. 2. , . David W. . Denning. 3. 1 . Nacional Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge – URSZ- Infectious Diseases Department, Lisbon, Portugal. university. college of pharmacy. Pharmaceutical chemistry. Antifungal drugs. Fungi . are traditionally important in plant pathology.. They . have gained much importance for causing serious . human diseases.  . Infection. Number of infections per underlying disorder per year. Rate/100K . Total burden. None. HIV. AIDS. Respiratory. Cancer. ICU. Oesophageal candidiasis. -. 1.413. -. -. -. 2.3. 1.413. Candidaemia. Local . C. hallenges. Dr. Afia Zafar . MBBS, DCP, FRCPath. Department . of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, . The Aga Khan . University. Plan . Introduction . Burden of disease. Challenges: Diagnostics and capacity . II. Synthetic . Antifungal . Drugs. III. Other . Antifungal Drugs. 1. Antifungal antibiotics:. Amphotericin. . (. amphotericin. B. ). Is . a mixture of antifungal substances derived from cultures of . Page 1 of 2 3 /1 6 Fungal Infections of the Skin (Ringworm, A thlete ’ s f oot, Jock i tch) What are f ungal i nfections of the skin ? These are skin infections caused by a family of fungi. . Pareek. 1. Challenge. Eukaryotes. Difficult to find selective toxicity in eukaryotes than prokaryotes. Fungal infections r more frequent as opportunistic infections in immunocompromised. Cell membrane essential component- sterol. Immunocompromised. Patients. Dr Anita Verma MD. Consultant Microbiologist. Department of Medical Microbiology & Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, Foundation, NHS trust, London. Acknowledgments. Addis Ababa University. Jimma. University. Hawassa. University. Haramaya. University. University of Gondar. American Society for Clinical Pathology. Center of Disease control and Prevention in Ethiopia.. They are also classified by the kind of fungus which causes the infection, which may be a filamentous fungus (mould) or a yeast, or may vary between these two forms depending on the environmental conditions (dimorphic fungi).. Alena. Skrahina. 1. , David W. Denning. 2. , . Henadz. Hurevich. 1. , Natalia Yatskevich. 1. 1. The Republican Research and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and TB, Minsk Belarus. 2. The University of Manchester and The National .