Fluorescence under Wood's lamp
Coral Erythrasma, Green Microsporum
Gives a quick diagnostic test.
Trichophyton tonsurans does not fluoresce, and only some pigmented disorders are shown.
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Coral Erythrasma, Green Microsporum. It helps you recall: Fluorescence under Wood's lamp.
Coral-red fluorescence
Green fluorescence of hair
Yellow-gold fluorescence
Erythrasma: Coral-red fluorescence; Microsporum: Green fluorescence of hair; Pityriasis versicolor: Yellow-gold fluorescence.
It belongs to Infections: bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic in Dermatology.
Trichophyton tonsurans does not fluoresce, and only some pigmented disorders are shown.
Gives a quick diagnostic test.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Dermatology question about Infections: bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic.
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