Mycetoma — Flashcards

_____ is a severe inflammatory type of tinea capitis which presents with an inflammatory mass with thick crusting and matting of hair

Oral terbinafine at 250 mg/day is given for a duration of _____ weeks for toenails infection

Selenium Sulfide (Selsun Blue) is used as treatment for _____ due to it promoting shedding of the stratum corneum

Hint: which fungus

_____ lesions are characteristic of Candidal infections (e.g., intertrigo).

_____ is a non-inflammatory type of tinea capitis in which multiple black dots are present within the areas of alopecia

Which fungal hair infection is characterized by the presence of soft, white, or light brown transparent nodules that are easily detached from the hair?_____

Tinea _____ are gray to black non-inflammatory, non-scaling, well-demarcated macular lesions usually on the palm

Microsporum audouinii, M. canis, M. equinum, and M. ferrugineum cause _____thrix infection.

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