Onychomatricoma is a benign slow-growing fibroepithelial tumor arising from the nail matrix. The tumor was described as a new entity almost two decades ago. Although the clinical appearance is typical, most cases are probably misdiagnosed by physicians because of unfamiliarity with the condition. Herein we describe a case of onychomatricoma masquerading as candidal onychomycosis and paronychia ...

Fungal infections of the central nervous system present a considerable challenge to available chemotherapy and other forms of treatment. The particular difficulties are discussed here, after an account of the fungi involved and their sensitivity to antifungal agents. Cryptococcal, coccidioidal and candidal infections are considered in more detail.

The accepted modern practice is to treat each sexually transmitted disease with the shortest possible course of treatment consistent with success. In candidal vulvovaginitis, six days is the minimum period that has so far been found to be successful, but we report here a further reduction to three days. Patients were given two clotrimazole pessaries nightly for three consecutive nights; the ove...

A 40-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM) visited our hospital complaining of persistent cough. Chest radiography showed no abnormal shadows, but chest CT revealed a raised lesion of the trachea and thickened walls of the bilateral main bronchi (Picture 1). The laboratory findings indicated poorly controlled DM (HbA1c

BACKGROUND Candidal retinitis is a rare but potentially devastating infection in the postoperative patient. Due to the possibility of blindness if the diagnosis and treatment are delayed, we present this report to help educate gynecologic surgeons. CASE A postmenopausal patient presented for the treatment of ovarian carcinoma. Her surgical therapy required radical tumor debulking with partial...

OBJECTIVES In this study, 210 women with vaginal discharge and other symptoms/signs of genital pathology suggestive of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) were involved in order to distinguish true WC and cytolytic vaginosis (CV) cases. METHODS Fungal cultures, 10% potassium hydroxide (KOH) and Gram stained preparations and pH measurements were performed on the vaginal discharge material of each p...

BACKGROUND Persistent Candida from fungal cultures of respiratory secretions are often ignored and not treated due to assumptions concerning benign colonization. OBJECTIVES To determine the clinical course of patients with chronic sputum and fungi on culture, including response to antifungal treatment. METHODS All patients seen at a single long term acute care hospital (LTAC) between May 20...