Fungal skin infections

Link to DermNet pages on fungal skin infections.

• Introduction to fungal infections.

fungal infections

Candida

• Candida Overview

• Napkin dermatitis (honeycomb eruption)

• Non-albicans Candida Infections

• Oral thrush (oral thrush)

• Vulvovaginal candidiasis (vaginal thrush)

• Candida intertrigo (skin fold infection)

• Paronychia (nail fold infections)
• Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

• Cyclic vulvovaginitis (cyclic symptoms due to vulvovaginal candidiasis)

Malassezia

• Malassezia Overview

• Pityriasis (tinea) versicolor
• Malassezia folliculitis (pityrosporum)
• Seborrheic dermatitis

dermatophyte infections

• Mycology (study of fungi)

• Laboratory tests for fungal infection.
• Ringworm infections

• Tinea barbae (fungal infection of the beard)

• Tinea capitis (fungal infection of the scalp)

• Tinea corporis (fungal infection of the trunk and extremities)

• Jock itch (fungal infection of the groin)

• Tinea faciei (fungal infection of the face)

• Tinea incognita (often spelled incognito; fungal infection treated with steroids)

• Tinea manuum (fungal infection of the hand)

• Tinea pedis (fungal infection of the foot)

• Ringworm of the nails (onychomycosis, fungal infection of the nails)

• Majocchi granuloma (deep fungal infection of hair follicles)

• Kerion (fungi abscess)

• Dermatophytida (id) reactions (dermatitis in reaction to ringworm infection)

deep fungal infections

• Aspergillosis
• Blastomycosis
• Cryptococcosis
• Chromoblastomycosis
• Histoplasmosis
• Mycetoma
• Sporotrichosis
• Spread of sporotrichoids
• Systemic fungal infection
• Zygomycosis

Other fungal infections

• mold infections
• black ringworm
• Favus
• tropical skin diseases

Treatment of fungal infections.

• Treatment of fungal infections.
• Oral antifungal medications
• Current antifungal medications

Differential diagnosis of fungal infections

• Athlete's foot (rash between the toes, which is often but not always caused by a fungal infection)

• Cradle (pityriasis capitis, infantile seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp)

• Intertrigo (rashes on the body)