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- Superficial Fungal Infections. Caused by fungi that are capable of colonizing (cutaneous microbiome) and superficially invading skin and mucosal sites:
- Candida species.
- Malassezia species.
- Dermatophytes.
- Deeper, Chronic Cutaneous Fungal Infections. Occur after percutaneous inoculation:
- Phaeohyphomycosis (eumycetoma, chromoblastomycosis).
- Sporotrichosis.
- Systemic Fungal Infections with Cutaneous Dissemination. Occur most often with host defense defects. Primary lung infection disseminates hematogenously to multiple organ systems, including the skin: Cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, North American blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and penicilliosis.