Cutaneous mycoses: a clinical and mycological study

Abstract

WE CALL CUTANEOUS MYCOSES THE CONDITIONS PRODUCED BY FUNGI THAT SETTLE ON THE EPIDERMIS AND ADJACENT CUTANEOUS TISSUES. CUTANEOUS MYCOSES MAY BE DIVIDED IN TWO GROUPS:(1) THE SUPERFICIAL MYCOSES, WHICHSETTLE ON THE HORNY LAYER OR THE EXTRAFOLLICULARPARTS OF HAIRS, AND IN WHICH THERE DOES NOT USUALLY EXIST HOST CELLULAR RESPONSE; UNDER THIS HEADING WE HAVE PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR; AND (2) THE CUTANEOUS MYCOSES PROPER, IN WHICH THE PARASITE AFFIXES ITSELF TO THE SUPERFICIAL LAYERS OF THE EPI DERMIS AND ITS METABOLIC PRODUCTS TRIGGER IN THE HOST A SERIES OF IMMUNO LOGIC CHANGES THAT ARE OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY LOCAL INFLAMATIONS OR BY ERUPTIONS A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE AFFECTED AREA