Cutaneous Candidiasis : Complications
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Recurrence (repeat) of candida skin infection; Infection of nails may cause nails to become oddly shaped and may cause infection around the nail; Disseminated candidiasis may occur in immunocompromised individuals.
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Cutaneous candidiasis is an infection of the skin caused by the fungus candida.
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Candidiasis (thrush, monilia infection) is caused by a fungus that most commonly infects the mouth (usually of infants or persons with weakened immune systems), or the vagina (yeast infection). Another form of candidiasis causes painful inflammation under the fingernails (paronychia).
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Paronychia is a superficial infection of the skin around the nails, most commonly caused by staphylococcus bacteria or fungi.
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Clinical fungal infections are generally divided into four types: (1) superficial, including tinea versicolor, piedra, and tinea nigra; (2) cutaneous, including onychomycosis, tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea barbae, tinea pedis, and candidiasis of skin, mucosa, and nails; (3) subcutaneous, including mycetoma, sporotrichosis, and chromoblastomycosis; and (4) systemic, including North American blastomycosis and cryptococcosis. Superficial fungal infections are defined as infections in which a pathogen is restricted to the stratum corneum, with little or no tissue reaction.
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