Onychomycosis in the 21st century: an update on diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment

AK Gupta, SG Versteeg… - Journal of cutaneous …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Onychomycosis accounts for 50% of all nail disease cases and is commonly caused by
dermatophytes. Diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus, immunosuppression, obesity …

[HTML][HTML] Clinically relevant in vitro biofilm models: A need to mimic and recapitulate the host environment

HKN Vyas, B Xia, A Mai-Prochnow - Biofilm, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofilm-associated infections are difficult to treat and eradicate because of their increased
antimicrobial tolerance. In vitro biofilm models have enabled the high throughput testing of …

Pathogenesis of dermatophytosis: sensing the host tissue

NM Martinez-Rossi, NTA Peres, A Rossi - Mycopathologia, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The genera Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton include filamentous
fungi that cause dermatophytosis, a superficial infection of the skin, stratum corneum, nail …

Host-and pathogen-dependent susceptibility and predisposition to dermatophytosis

S Gnat, A Nowakiewicz… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
Dermatophytes are a highly specialized group of keratinophilic and keratinolytic filamentous
fungi causing a ringworm disease called dermatophytosis or superficial mycoses. Although …

The role of biofilms in onychomycosis

AK Gupta, D Daigle, JL Carviel - Journal of the American Academy of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of nails primarily caused by dermatophyte fungi. Fungi
are traditionally understood as existing in the environment as planktonic organisms; …

Assessment of biofilm formation by Scedosporium apiospermum, S. aurantiacum, S. minutisporum and Lomentospora prolificans

TP Mello, AC Aor, DS Gonçalves, SH Seabra… - Biofouling, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Reported herein is the ability of Scedosporium apiospermum, S. aurantiacum, S.
minutisporum and Lomentospora prolificans conidia to adhere, differentiate into hyphae and …

A review of the mechanism of action of lasers and photodynamic therapy for onychomycosis

AK Bhatta, U Keyal, X Wang, E Gellén - Lasers in medical science, 2017 - Springer
Onychomycosis is one of the most common diseases in the field of dermatology. It refers to
the fungal infection of the nail plate or nail bed with high incidence in the general population …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between antifungal susceptibility profile and virulence factors in Candida albicans isolated from nail specimens

F Mohammadi, Z Ghasemi, B Familsatarian… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate some virulence factors in Candida
albicans isolates from patients with onychomycosis and determine the correlation between …

Efficiency of methylene blue‐mediated photodynamic therapy vs intense pulsed light in the treatment of onychomycosis in the toenails

E Alberdi, C Gómez - Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Photodynamic therapy (PDT) or intense pulsed light (IPL) are efficient
therapeutic methods in the treatment of superficial skin infections, and thus, they could be …

A practical guide to curing onychomycosis: how to maximize cure at the patient, organism, treatment, and environmental level

AK Gupta, SG Versteeg, NH Shear, V Piguet… - American journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Onychomycosis is a fungal nail infection caused by dermatophytes, non-dermatophyte
molds, and yeasts. Treatment of this infection can be difficult, with relapse likely to occur …