ANTIFUNGAL
Onkar Salunke
INTRODUCTION
• Long before Pasteur and Köch works on pathogenic bacteria Gruby and
Schönlein have been studying a pathogenic fungi, Trichophyton
schöenleinii (1839).
,• The causative microorganism for thrush, Candida albicans wa
discovered in the same year.
TYPES OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS (MYCOSES)
• The term fungi is a general term that includes both yeasts and molds.
Fungal infections fall into two distinct categories
• Superficial Mycoses, Dermatophytoses.
• Deep-Seated Mycoses, Systemic Mycoses.
,THE SUPERFICIAL MYCOSES
• The superficial mycoses are the most common and are caused, for the
part, by a relatively homogeneous group of fungi, the dermatophytes.
• These include the various forms of tinea, or ringworm, which are infecti
the hair or hair follicles, the superficial infections of the intertriginous
areas of hairless skin, and infections of the nails.
• As a rule, these lesions are mild, superficial, and restricted.
• The causative microbes are specialized saprophytes with the unusual ab
digest keratin
,
Onkar Salunke
INTRODUCTION
• Long before Pasteur and Köch works on pathogenic bacteria Gruby and
Schönlein have been studying a pathogenic fungi, Trichophyton
schöenleinii (1839).
,• The causative microorganism for thrush, Candida albicans wa
discovered in the same year.
TYPES OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS (MYCOSES)
• The term fungi is a general term that includes both yeasts and molds.
Fungal infections fall into two distinct categories
• Superficial Mycoses, Dermatophytoses.
• Deep-Seated Mycoses, Systemic Mycoses.
,THE SUPERFICIAL MYCOSES
• The superficial mycoses are the most common and are caused, for the
part, by a relatively homogeneous group of fungi, the dermatophytes.
• These include the various forms of tinea, or ringworm, which are infecti
the hair or hair follicles, the superficial infections of the intertriginous
areas of hairless skin, and infections of the nails.
• As a rule, these lesions are mild, superficial, and restricted.
• The causative microbes are specialized saprophytes with the unusual ab
digest keratin
,
