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Candida & Superficial Mycoses

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Superficial mycoses are fungal infections limited to the keratinised layers of skin, hair and nails (and contiguous mucosae), with little or no host inflammatory response. This topic clubs the yeast Candida (commensal turned opportunist), the lipophilic yeast Malassezia, the dermatophytes (Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton) and the hair-shaft fungi causing piedra. Lab identification tricks here are an examine

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