Superficial Mycoses

• These are a group of fungi that causes fungal infection to skin, nails, and hair?

  Dermatophytes
• What are the 3 genera of fungi are included in dermatophytes?

  Microsporum, Trichophyton, Epidermophyton
• What is the primary reservoir of dermatophytes?

  Human skin
• What layer of the skin is usually infected when there is an infection caused by dermatophytes?

  Stratum Corneum
• What is the mode of transmission for dermatophytes?

  Direct contact to skin
• These are fungi that is from soil and causes infection through soil contamination?

  Geophilic fungi
• What examples of geophilic dermatophytes?

  • M. gypseum
  • M. manum
  • M. fulvum
  • T. terrestre
  • T. ajelloi