Fungal Skin Infections — Flashcards

_____ candidiasis presents with burning sensation on eating spicy food and red tongue lesion

_____ lesions are characteristic of fungal ulcer.

The dermatophyte _____ can be identified via Wood's lamp

_____ infects nail and skin only.

Tinea _____ in children is treated with oral griseofulvin or oral terbinafine

_____ is a type of tinea capitis characterized by the presence of yellowish, cup shaped crusts known as scutula that develop around hair follicles.

Barely perceptible scales can be made to stand out in _____ by scratching with fingernail, and is known as scratch sign or Besnier's sign or coup d'ongle sign

_____ describes dermatophyte infection of the nails

Hyper/hypopigmented patches of Pityriasis Versicolor on the skin commonly occur on the _____ and back, especially in individuals who spend a lot of time in the sun

The hypopigmented patches of pityriasis _____ are perifollicular in distribution, with fine, powdery and branny scaling