Study of onychomycosis in India

Banerjee, Uma; Sethi, Manoj; Pasricha, JS

doi:10.1111/myc.1990.33.7-8.411

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“…This feature is consistent with some reports [9] but differs from others which show an increased prevalence of this disease in those aged > 50 years [13][14][15][16]. Children were the least affected group, which is in accordance with other studies [15].…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Dermatophytes were isolated in 53 out of 202 cases, a gure comparable to those available in the existing data [9][10][11]. The clinical impression did not correspond to the laboratory ndings and the provisional diagnosis was con rmed in only 26% of cases.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…Patients might already have undergone some form of treatment. In addition, certain drugs such as corticosteroids may increase the rate of culture failure [9,12]. Another possibility is a different growth pattern of dermatophytes in vivo and in vitro.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Tinea unguium in Lahore, Pakistan

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During a period of 1 year, out of 202 clinically suspected cases of tinea unguium, 53 (26%) were confirmed by mycological cultures for dermatophytes. Trichophyton rubrum was the most common fungus isolated in 46 (87%) patients, followed by T. violaceum in four (7%), T. interdigitale in two (4%) and Epidermophyton floccosum in one (2%). The disease was more common in adult males and fingernails were found to be affected more often than toenails. The distal and lateral variety was seen in 41 (77%) patients, total secondary dystrophic type in 11 (21%) and proximal subungual type in one (2%). Clinical diagnosis alone is not reliable and mycological confirmation is mandatory for this potentially curable disease.

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“…In contrast Rigopoulos et al, (1998) and Madhuri et al, (2002) reported higher isolation rate of candida species in their study. Trichophyton rubrum (48.1%) remains the most common pathogenic fungus isolated in our study, in accordance with other studies (Vinod S at al, 2000;Banerjee et al, 1989). Puri D. K et al, (1998) reported Trichophyton mentagrophytes (50%) as the most common isolate followed by Trichophyton rubrum.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Dermatophytes were the primary pathogens (79.6%) isolated in this study which is comparable with various studies (Pradnya Veer et al, 2007;Banerjee et al, 1989). In contrast Rigopoulos et al, (1998) and Madhuri et al, (2002) reported higher isolation rate of candida species in their study.…”

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confidence: 32%

Clinico Mycological Study of Onychomycosis in Tertiary Care Centre of Maharashtra, India

Kulkarni¹,

Bhakre²,

Damle³

2017

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Onychomycosis in Rome, Italy

1996

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This report presents the results of a study conducted between 1985 and 1994 on onychomycosis observed in the city of Rome. Six thousand six hundred and eighty eight patients were examined during this period. Among them 1,762 (26.3%) were affected by fungal nail infections. Because the etiologic agents could not be isolated in 105 cases (6%), the results refer to 1,657 subjects (24.8% of the total), presenting with positive microscopic and cultural examinations. Thirty eight patients (2.3%) had onychomycosis of both their hands and feet. From an etiological point of view, 59.1% of the nail infections were caused by yeasts, 23.2% were infected with dermatophytes and 17.6% by non-dermatophytic fungi. The etiology of onychomycosis of the hands differed from that of the feet. Yeasts were primarily responsible for onychomycosis of the hands (86.2%), while dermatophytes caused tinea unguium peduum (48%). Fungal fingernail infections by Candida spp. were the most common (50.3%), followed by those of the feet by dermatophytes (20%). Candida albicans was responsible for 70.6% of the hand infections but for only 15.9% of those of the feet. Trichophyton rubrum and T mentagrophytes were the most common dermatophytes, mainly causing toenail infections (23.4% and 21%, respectively), while Aspergillus spp., Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Acremonium spp. and Aspergillus niger were the most common non-dermatophytes observed. With regard to sex, the fungal nail infections were more widespread in women (72.1%) and in subjects of both sexes over the age of 50.

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Study of onychomycosis in India

Cited by 36 publications

References 13 publications

Tinea unguium in Lahore, Pakistan

Tinea unguium in Lahore, Pakistan

Clinico Mycological Study of Onychomycosis in Tertiary Care Centre of Maharashtra, India

Onychomycosis in Rome, Italy

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