MCQ MAHE 2000 Dermatology Answer 4

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The medical name for fungal infection of the nails is tinea unguium or onchomycosis and is often accompanied by athletes foot. More than 18 million Americans suffer from this cosmetically unappealing infection. The nails get thick, yellow and opaque, and difficult to trim.

(1) Tinea pedis (infection of foot and toes; etiology usually Trichophyton or less frequently Epidermophyton; treat topical, itraconazole, terbinafine, fluconazole)

(2) Tinea manus (infection of hands; etiology usually Trichophyton; treatment as for T. pedis

(3) Onychomycosis (Tinea unguium; infection of nails; etiology usually Trichophyton or Epidermophyton; treat with terbinafine, fluconazole, griseofulvin)

(4) Tinea corporis and Tinea faciei (infection of skin and face, respectively; etiology Microsporum or Trichophyton; treat topical, terbinafine, fluconazole, itraconazole)

(5) Tinea barbae (infection of beard; etiology Trichophyton; treat topical, terbinafine, fluconazole, itraconazole)

(6) Tinea cruris (infection of groin; etiology Trichophyton; treat topical, terbinafine, fluconazole, itraconazole)

(7) Tinea capitis (infection of scalp; etiology Microsporum or Trichophyton; treat griseofulvin, terbinafine, itraconazole)

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