DEFINITION AND TYPES OF
CUTANEOUS AND
SUBCUTANEOUS INFECTIONS
DEFINITION OF CUTANEOUS INFECTION
• A CUTANEOUS INFECTION IS AN INFLAMMATORY PROCESS AFFECTING THE SKIN, CAUSED BY
VARIOUS PATHOGENS LIKE BACTERIA, VIRUSES, FUNGI, OR PARASITES. IT CAN INVOLVE THE
SKIN ITSELF, AS WELL AS ITS APPENDAGES LIKE HAIR AND NAILS
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• CUTANEOUS INFECTION BACTERIAL
Erysipelas
Impetigo
Erythrasma
Leprosy
Syphilis
Anthrax
Sycosis
vulgaris
Chancroid
Paronychia
Purpura
fulminans
[vascular]
Malacoplakia
[rare secondary to
systemic or local spread]
Malacoplakia
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ERYSIPELAS IMPETIGO ERYTHRASMA
LEPROSY SYPHILIS
P
ANTHRAX SYCOSIS VULGARIS CHANCROID
PARONYCHIA
PURPURA
FULMINANS
CUTANEOUS INFECTION VIRAL
Scrum pox
Molluscum
contagiosum
Herpetic
whitlow
Orf virus
infection
Milker's nodule
Skin
Makes
Hands
Obviously
Maculated
Scrum pox Molluscum
contagiosum
Herpetic whitlow
Orf virus Milker’s nodules
CUTANEOUS INFECTION FUNGAL
Superficial mycoses
Dermatophytoses
Cutaneous
mucormycosis
Cutaneous
Aspergillosis
Cutaneous
cryptococcosis
Superficial mycoses Dermatophytoses Cutaneous mucormycosis
Cutaneous apergillosis
cryptococcosis
DEFINITION OF SUBCUTANEOUS INFECTION
A subcutaneous infection is an infection that occurs in
the layer of tissue just below the skin, known as the
subcutaneous tissue. This layer, also called the
hypodermis or superficial fascia, is located beneath the
dermis (the skin) and above the deep fascia.
SUBCUTANEOUS INFECTION
BACTERIAL
Cellulitis
ludwig’s angina
Necrotizing fasciitis
Cervical tubercular
Lymphadenitis
Lymphangitis
Abscess
Metastatic abscess
Pott‘s puffy tumour
Tuberculosis
Anthrax
Gas gangrene
Mycetoma
Acute pyomyositis
Boil and carbuncle
Pyogenic
Pyaemic
cold
sinus
fistula
CLeaN CLAMP
TAG MAP
Cellulitis Ludwig’s
angina
Lymphangitis
Cold abscess
Cervical
tubercular
lymphadenitis
Boil carbuncle
Necrotising fasciitis
Metastatic abscess
Pott’s puffy tumour
actinomycetoma
Gas gangrene
Acute pyomyositis
mycetoma
SUBCUTANEOUS INFECTION FUNGAL
Mycetoma
Deep mycoses
Sporotrichosis
Chromoblastomycosis
Phaeohyphomycosis
Rhinosporidiasis
Entomophthoromycosis
Subcutaneous mucormycosis
Subcutaneous Aspergillosis
Subcutaneous cryptococcosus
Metastatic
abscess[sometimes]
My AC ES
Sporotrichosis
Chromoblastomycosis
Phaeohypomycosis
Rhinosporidiasis
Entomophthoromycosis
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