BACKGROUND Onychomycosis is a relatively common disease accounting for up to 50% of all nail disorders and its prevalence rises with age. As onychomycosis is an important medical disorder affecting both patient's health and quality of life, it requires prompt and effective treatment. OBJECTIVE Topical antifungal nail lacquers have been formulated to provide efficient delivery to the nail unit...

objective: fungal nail infection (onychomycosis) is a common disease in all communities consisting about 50 percent of nail disorders. yeasts are one of the important causative agents of onychomycosis. identification of the yeast species is important in the epidemiological and therapeutical point of views. the aim of the present study is the precise species identification of the pathogenic yeas...

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 (32.1 %)...