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Define Saprophytic.
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Organism that derives nourishment from dead organic matter
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What distinguishes fungi from bacteria and viruses?
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Fungi are Eukaryotic
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What kingdom are fungi assigned to?
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Mycota
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How are fungal diseases classified?
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By their location in the body
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When fungal infections are limited to the epidermis what are they called?
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Cutaneous
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When fungal infection penetrates to any area deep to the epidermis it is called _____.
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Subcutaneous
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When the fungal infection lies deep within the body or hits the organs whats it called?
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Systemic
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What types of fungi are limited to the outmost layers of the skin and hair?
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Superficial mycosis
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What is a common superficial fungal infection seen worldwide?
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Pityriasis (tinea) versicolor
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What causes Tinea Versicolor?
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Malassezia furfur
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What do the lesions in tinea versicolor look like?
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Irregular patches of discoloration
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What does tinea versicolor interfere with and what is the treatment?
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Melanin production and topical azoles or selenium sulfide shampoo
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What can systemic mycoses be further divided into
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True pathogenic and opportunistic
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Fungi classified by growth are divided into what two categories (actually kinda three)
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Filamentous (mold)
yeasts (unicellular)
dimorphic (can change btwn the two)
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Why are fungi resistant to anitbiotics?
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Their cell walls are made up of chitin
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