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Nineteen of fifty adult female patients with chronic paronychia and five of fifty adult female control dermatological patients suffered from psoriasis.

Of 5,033 patients who were seen between 1968 and 1975, 407 suffered from psoriasis (Ps) and 245 from candidosis (Cn). Of these, 38 patients (p < 0.001) had both diseases. In 24 additional families, Ps was found in one member and Cn in another. The relationship of the two diseases is discussed.

Summary In 60 patients with chronic paronychia, Candida was found in the paronychia in 39 patients (C. albicans in 30 of them), in the vagina in 8 patients (C. albicans in 7 of them) and in the mouths in 47 patients (C. albicans in 40 of them). In the mouths of a control group of 60 female patients of comparable age, Candida was found in only 30 (C. albicans in 24). The incidence of Candida in the mouth was not affected by the presence of “predisposing factors” nor was there any difference in candidal carriage rate in paronychia and mouths of subjects in the fertile period and those in the menopause. C. albicans was present in the vagina in the fertile period only. The incidence of chronic paronychia was less in the 5th decade than in either the 4th or 6th decades.