First European cases of onychomycosis caused by<i>Onychocola canadensis</i>

Koenig, H.; Ball, C. J. E.; Bièvre, C. De

doi:10.1080/02681219780000911

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“…This fungus was described based on three isolates from Canadian cases of onychomycosis (Sigler & Congly 1990). Since then, cases in New Zealand (Sigler et al 1994), France (Contet-Audonneau et al 1997, Koenig et al 1997), Great Britain (Campbell et al 1997, O´Donoghue et al 2003), Italy (Fanti et al 2003, Belgium (Esbroeck et al 2003, Sijs et al 2007 and Spain (Torres-Sangiao et al 2006) have been reported. Recently, four cases were reported from Slovakia (Volleková & Lisalová 2009).…”

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Fungal melanonychia caused by Onychocola canadensis: first records of nail infections due to Onychocola in the Czech Republic.

Stuchlík¹,

Mencl²,

Hubka³

et al. 2011

Czech Mycol.

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Onychocola canadensis is a non-dermatophyte filamentous fungus with an unusual ecology. Hitherto, O. canadensis has been isolated only from human nails and skin, although attempts to isolate it from the environment have been unsuccessful. We describe two new cases of onychomycosis caused by O. canadensis with dissimilar clinical appearance. The first infection manifested itself as distal and lateral onycholysis with conspicuous black pigmentation. As far as we know, this is the first description of O. canadensis onychomycosis in the Czech Republic. In connection with this case, the authors emphasise the importance of mycological laboratory examination of dark nail lesions. Based on photodocumentation, a second case of onychomycosis due to O. canadensis was identified retrospectively. This case manifested itself as distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis with yellow discoloration, which is more typical of O. canadensis onychomycosis. Morphological characteristics important for discrimination of O. canadensis from other medically important fungi are discussed.

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Fungal melanonychia caused by Onychocola canadensis: first records of nail infections due to Onychocola in the Czech Republic.

Stuchlík¹,

Mencl²,

Hubka³

et al. 2011

Czech Mycol.

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“…In 1990 Sigler and Congly reported O. canadensis as a new agent of onychomycosis. A review of literature up to March 2013 gave 51 reported cases . In 2002, Gibas et al .…”

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Onychomycosis caused by Onychocola canadensis: the first report in Estonia and lessons to learn

Järv

2015

Mycoses

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We report the first case of onychomycosis caused by Onychocola canadensis in Estonia. We believe that the number of nail infections caused by this fungus is underestimated due to the current diagnostic algorithm of non-dermatophytic onychomycosis. The need to define categories and criteria for 'proven' and 'probable' non-dermatophyte mold infections to promote more extensive studies in the future is also discussed.

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“…O. canadensis is an uncommon slow‐growing nondermatophyte mould . O. canadensis ‐induced onychomycosis was first described in Canada in 1990, 1 and has since been reported in New Zealand 2 France 3,4 and England 5 . O. canadensis can occasionally cause onychomycosis, and less commonly tinea manuum 2 .…”

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