Studies on Ringworm. Part V. Fungus Diseases of the Nails and the Surrounding Tissues
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This is a report on the investigation of the diseases of the nails and the surrounding tissues caused by fungus infections. The investigation was confined to the isolation and study of the fungi present in the lesions, which are presumably the causative organisms of the diseases of the nails and the tissues immediately surrounding them, causing perionychia. Only those cases were selected in which the fungus infection was obvious or strongly suspected. Cases of psoriasis, syphilis and dystrophy of the nails due to systemic diseases were as far as possible eliminated.
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