Tinea
Last updated: Saturday, 14, August, 2010
| Key Information | Appropriate Tests |
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| Fungal microscopy and culture of skin scrapings, hair, nail clippings as appropriate. | |
| Hair | |
Tinea capitis, barbae | Collect broken hairs from the periphery of the lesion. |
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Piedra, white | Soft nodules are present on involved hair. Fungal microscopy and culture of nodule and broken hairs. |
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Piedra, black (scalp) | Hard black nodules on infected hair. Fungal microscopy and culture of nodule/hair. |
Piedraia hortae | |
| Skin | |
Tinea corporis, cruris | Skin scrapings - fungal microscopy and culture. |
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Tinea pedis, manuum | Skin scrapings - fungal microscopy and culture. |
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| Nails | |
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Onychomycosis | Nail clippings - fungal microscopy and culture. |
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