Dermatophytic Fungus
Tinea Versicolar It is
a skin fungal infection, caused by Malassezia globosa and Malasssezia furfur . It appears white powdery rashes and hypopigmentation overthe
trunk and proximal extremities of epidermis
during warm and humid environment.
It
is also called as Pityriasis versicolar /
Dermatomycosis furfuraceae .
On
KOH examination of skin scrapings, it typically appears as septate fungal
hyphae with yeast forms combined together like “ spaghetti and Meat balls”
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Skin Lesion of Tinea
versicolar
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KOH preparation of skin scrapings
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Dr. Suresh Mickymaray Ph.D.,
Assistant
Professor ,
College of
science –Zulfi.
Majmaah University,
Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia
