Comparison of plain potassium hydroxide mounts, fungal cultures and nail plate biopsies in the diagnosis of onychomycosis.
NA Malik, NR Dar, AA Khan - Journal of the College of Physicians …, 2006 - europepmc.org
NA Malik, NR Dar, AA Khan
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--pakistan: JCPSP, 2006•europepmc.org… A total of 50 patients who were suffering from different clinical variants of onychomycosis,
irrespective of their age, gender, with or without simultaneous presence of systemic
diseases, were subjected to laboratory investigations including direct microscopy with 20%
potassium hydroxide (KOH) for fungal hyphae, fungal cultures and nail plate biopsies. These
patients were later categorized into two groups based upon the results of nail plate biopsies.
… Nail scraping for direct microscopy with 20% KOH should be the first line screening test for …
irrespective of their age, gender, with or without simultaneous presence of systemic
diseases, were subjected to laboratory investigations including direct microscopy with 20%
potassium hydroxide (KOH) for fungal hyphae, fungal cultures and nail plate biopsies. These
patients were later categorized into two groups based upon the results of nail plate biopsies.
… Nail scraping for direct microscopy with 20% KOH should be the first line screening test for …
Objective
To compare the relative sensitivity of direct microscopy, fungal culture and nail plate biopsy in the diagnosis of onychomycosis.
Design
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