Onychomycosis: a review

AK Gupta, N Stec, RC Summerbell… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail, causing discoloration and thickening of the
affected nail plate, and is the most common nail infection worldwide. Onychomycosis was …

Onychomycosis: Clinical overview and diagnosis

SR Lipner, RK Scher - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2019 - Elsevier
Onychomycosis is a fungal nail infection caused by dermatophytes, nondermatophytes, and
yeast, and is the most common nail disorder seen in clinical practice. It is an important …

Onychomycosis: an updated review

AKC Leung, JM Lam, KF Leong, KL Hon… - Recent patents on …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Onychomycosis is a common fungal infection of the nail. Objective: The study
aimed to provide an update on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of onychomycosis …

Epidemiology of superficial fungal infections

M Ameen - Clinics in dermatology, 2010 - Elsevier
Fungal infections of the skin, hair, and nails are common worldwide, and their incidence
continues to increase. The principal causative agents are dermatophytes, and their …

Toenail onychomycosis: an important global disease burden

J Thomas, GA Jacobson, CK Narkowicz… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail plate or nail bed. It does not usually cure itself
and it can trigger more infectious lesions in other parts of the body. The reported prevalence …

The prevalence of onychomycosis in the global population–a literature study

B Sigurgeirsson, R Baran - Journal of the European Academy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Onychomycosis is a common disorder, and high prevalence figures are
commonly cited in the literature. Objectives Evaluate the prevalence of onychomycosis …

New antifungal agents and new formulations against dermatophytes

AK Gupta, KA Foley, SG Versteeg - Mycopathologia, 2017 - Springer
A variety of oral and topical antifungal agents are available for the treatment of superficial
fungal infections caused by dermatophytes. This review builds on the antifungal therapy …

Molecular Epidemiology and Antifungal Susceptibility of Trichophyton Isolates in Greece: Emergence of Terbinafine-Resistant Trichophyton mentagrophytes Type …

M Siopi, I Efstathiou, K Theodoropoulos, S Pournaras… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Trichophyton isolates with reduced susceptibility to antifungals are now increasingly
reported worldwide. We therefore studied the molecular epidemiology and the in vitro …

Onychomycosis-epidemiology, diagnosis and management

R Kaur, B Kashyap, P Bhalla - Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of nails caused by dermatophytes, yeasts or
nondermatophyte molds and represents about 30% of mycotic cutaneous infections …

Comparison of diagnostic methods in the evaluation of onychomycosis

JM Weinberg, EK Koestenblatt, WD Tutrone… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Onychomycosis is a common problem seen in clinical practice. Given the
differential diagnosis of dystrophic nails, it is helpful to obtain a definitive diagnosis of …