Suggested scheme for the treatment of onychomycosis A stepped therapeutic approach to the treatment of onychomycosis is suggested. The risks of failure of treatment include the fungal involvement of the lunula portion, the lateral edge of the nail and the subungual area. Infection of the subungual area may lead to extensive onycholysis or dermatophytoma presenting as a hard subungual mass or as...

Onychomycosis is a common nail disorder thought to occur in approximately 7-9% of the North American population.v" Until quite recently, there was a paucity of effective and safe therapies for onychomycosis, particularly pedal disease. Griseofulvin was the first significant oral antifungal agent to become available for the treatment of onychomycosis.v? Since then, other oral antifungal agents h...

BACKGROUND Fungal infection of the nail affects millions of people worldwide and has an estimated prevalence of more than 10% of the general population. OBJECTIVES To determinate the prevalence of fungal infection in toenails, in order to decide the treatment policy for onychomycosis. METHODS We evaluated 331 patients with suspected clinical toenail onychomycosis affecting at least two toen...

BACKGROUND The escalating ageing population in the western world has led to an increased incidence of superficial fungal infections. The most common infections include onychomycosis, tinea pedis and tinea cruris. With the increasing life expectancy, the prevalence of onychomycosis and other superficial fungal infections is likely to increase further without adequate prevention and treatment. ...

Onychomycosis is a common fungal disease of the nail unit with a prevalence of 10% to 12% in the United States. Despite therapeutic innovations in the last few decades, as many as 20-25% of patients do not achieve a complete cure, and 10-53% are reported to relapse after successful treatment. Some of the factors associated with a poor response to onychomycosis have been well studied. They inclu...

High prevalence of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is responsible for very high burden mycotic infections. Also, most the countries here have highly burdened health system compared to their budget. Onychomycosis a chronic fungal infection fingers and toenails. It usually caused by dermatophytes, yeasts, non-dermatophyte molds (NDM). Prevalence severity more immunosuppressed individuals, especial...

British Association of Dermatologists’ guidelines for the management of onychomycosis 2014 M. Ameen, J.T. Lear, V. Madan, M.F. Mohd Mustapa and M. Richardson Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, U.K. Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), University of Manchester, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT, U.K. Salford Royal NHS Foundation Hospital, Stott...

The main purpose of this original investigation is to report the results of the study on the frequency and type of the fungi that cause onychomycosis in Tehran. In a mycological study of patients with onychopathy during a period of 18 months, mycotic infection of the nail plate in 268cases outof927 examined persons were noticed. The causative agents were candida (66.04%), dermatophytes (3...

Fusarium spp. represent 9 to 44% of onychomycoses caused by fungi other than dermatophytes. This retrospective study describes 17 cases of Fusarium onychomycosis diagnosed at the Laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology of Le Dantec University Hospital in Dakar, Senegal, from 2014 to 2016. It included all patients received in the laboratory for suspicion of onychomycosis between January 1, 2014,...