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Les onychomycoses à moisissures [PDF]

Journal de mycologie medicale, 2014
Onychomycoses represent about 30% of superficial mycosis that are encountered in Dermatology consults. Fungi such as dermatophytes, which are mainly found on the feet nails, cause nearly 50% of these onychopathies.
D. Chabasse, M. Pihet
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Epidemiological Profile of Onychomycoses at Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital (HMIMV), Rabat, Morocco, 2024–2025

Natural Built Social Environment Health
A retrospective study in the Parasitology–Mycology Department of Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital from 01/01/2024 to 01/01/2025 examined 970 nail samples taken for suspected onychomycosis. Four hundred cases were confirmed (41.24%).
Kholoud Maafi, Hamza Abidar, Marwa Nabil, Hafida Naoui, Badre Eddine Lmimouni   +4 more
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Laboratory diagnosis and prevalence of onychomycosis caused by Fusarium and Scytalidium species [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2022
Introduction: Scytalidium and Fusarium are opportunistic saprophytic fungi commonly found in subtropical areas, being responsible for several cases of onychomycoses caused by non-dermatophytic filamentous fungi in these regions.
Jessika C. Lara, Priscilla M. Quatrin, Manoela A. M. Mace, Janaína Scarton, Osmar L. M. de Oliveira, Alexandre M. Fuentefria   +5 more
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Onychomycosis: experience of the laboratory of parasitology-mycology of CHU-Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona, Antananarivo, Madagascar. [PDF]

Pan Afr Med J, 2021
Introduction: onychomycosis is defined as a fungal infection of the nails. They represent the main cause of onychopathy. They constitute a public health problem because of their increased prevalence in the world ranging between 20 to 30%.
Zafindraibe NJ, Tsatoromila FAM, Rakotoarivelo ZH, Rakotozandrindrainy N, Rafalimanana C, Rakoto-Alson OA, Razanakolona LR.   +6 more
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Meta-analysis of the antifungal activities of three essential oils as alternative therapies in dermatophytosis infections. [PDF]

J Appl Microbiol, 2022
Abstract Aims This work examines the available scientific evidence about the efficiency of essential oils (EO) as an alternative therapy to traditional treatment of fungal infections, including onychomycosis, assessing the effect of the three EO most frequently studied for their antifungal activity (thyme, cinnamon and tea tree EO) against three ...
Villar Rodríguez J, Pérez-Pico AM, Mingorance-Álvarez E, Mayordomo Acevedo R.   +3 more
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Dermatology mycology diagnostics in Ireland: National deficits identified in 2022 that are relevant internationally. [PDF]

Mycoses, 2023
Abstract Background Conventional testing methods for dermatophytes are time‐consuming, and resource limitations in our institution have prompted curtailed access to these diagnostics. Objectives Evaluation of our hospital's dermatological mycology diagnostic services and similar services nationally.
Powell J, Porter E, Rafferty S, Field S, O'Connell NH, Dunne CP.   +5 more
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Topical efinaconazole: A sequential combination therapy with oral terbinafine for refractory tinea unguium. [PDF]

J Dermatol, 2021
Abstract Efinaconazole is a topical antifungal drug approved in Japan for tinea unguium. Although topical treatments generally have low cure rates with a prolonged therapy period, a Cochrane review confirmed that high‐quality evidence supports the effectiveness of efinaconazole for the complete cure of tinea unguium.
Noguchi H, Kubo M, Kashiwada-Nakamura K, Makino K, Aoi J, Fukushima S.   +5 more
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Epidemiologic, Clinical and Mycological Profile of Onychomycosis in the Hospital Setting in Benin. [PDF]

Dermatol Res Pract
Introduction: Onychomycosis accounts for 50% of nail disorders and remains one of the most frequent reasons for consultation in dermatology. Several factors favour the development of onychomycosis, such as age, morphological abnormalities of the nails, immunodeficiency and certain underlying pathologies.
Akpadjan F, Sissinto Savi De Tove Y, Tidjani AF, Balola C, Dotsop L, Degboe B, Agbessi N, Koudoukpo C, Adegbidi H, Atadokpede F, do Ango-Padonou F.   +10 more
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Photodynamic therapy in dermatology: established and new indications. [PDF]

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
Summary Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is internationally established as an approved treatment option for in situ forms of keratinocytic skin cancer (actinic keratoses, Bowen's disease, basal cell carcinoma). For these indications, there are standardized treatment protocols using narrow‐spectrum light sources or (artificial) daylight, the use of which is ...
Balakirski G, Lehmann P, Szeimies RM, Hofmann SC.   +3 more
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Pattern diagnosis of onycholysis

JEADV Clinical Practice, Volume 2, Issue 2, Page 213-224, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Onycholysis is defined as the detachment of the nail plate from the underlying and/or lateral supporting structures. Trauma, inflammatory conditions, infectious agents, tumours and toxic substances are the most commonly reported causes of onycholysis.
Lourdes Navarro
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