2012
DOI: 10.14260/jemds/203
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A Study on the Mycological Profile of Onychomycosis

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Onychomycosis refers to fungal infection of nails with various etiological agents, involving dermatophytes, yeasts and moulds. It constitutes an important health problem because of its rising prevalence and under-diagnosis especially in developing countries. AIMS: To analyse the mycological and cultural characteristics of onychomycosis with respect to the various etiological agents. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Nail samples collected from patients attending the dermatology clinic of Dr B.R Ambedkar medical… Show more

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“…The most common nondermatophyte mold isolate in our study was A. niger. This was in concordance with studies done by Golia et al [23] .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
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“…The most common nondermatophyte mold isolate in our study was A. niger. This was in concordance with studies done by Golia et al [23] .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…The other reason may be, this age group people are more social than other age groups, this results spreading of infection among them. This was in concordance with studies done by many workers [23,24] . The gender is also one of the factors influence frequency of distribution among population.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 94%
“…The prevalence of fungal nail infection in this study was 32.7%. This is higher than the 6.5% prevalence reported in Canada by Gupta et al [18] but lower than the 74.5% reported in India by Golia et al [19] This picture shows that the prevalence rates for different countries and regions are variable.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 57%
“…5,6 In India relatively less work has been done on the onychomycosis as compared to western countries. 5,7 The evolving role of non-dermatophytic moulds has added a new dimension to the clinical patterns of onychomycosis as they are relatively resistant to conventional antifungals. 7 There is a need for further studies on onychomycosis and other dermatophytosis in view of the introduction of several newer systemic antifungal drugs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5,7 The evolving role of non-dermatophytic moulds has added a new dimension to the clinical patterns of onychomycosis as they are relatively resistant to conventional antifungals. 7 There is a need for further studies on onychomycosis and other dermatophytosis in view of the introduction of several newer systemic antifungal drugs. 5 The present study was undertaken to evaluate the demographic and clinico-mycological profile of onychomycosis cases attending dermatology out patients department of a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%