Diseases Associated with Psoriasis

Psoriatic Nails: A Prospective Clinical Study

“…20,21,25 It seems that psoriatic nails are more likely to be affected by nondermatophytes, whereas there is no significant difference in the frequency of nail invasion with dermatophytes in patients with and without psoriasis. [5][6][7] Our findings confirm the above observations and suggest that most of the positive mycologic cultures obtained from the psoriatic nails are probably due to secondary colonization with nondermatophyte fungi. Dermatophytes constituted only 31.5% of all isolated pathogens.…”

“…The incidence of onychomycosis in psoriatic nails is not accurately assessed and the literature data are very limited. [4][5][6][7] The present study was undertaken (1) to evaluate the frequency of nail involvement in psoriatic patients, (2) to assess the types of nail changes in psoriasis, (3) to find the eventual relationship between nail involvement and some clinical parameters, and finally (4) to determine the prevalence of fungal nail infections in psoriatic individuals.…”