The frequency ofCandida species in onychomycosis

Abstract

Mycological investigation of 108 nail specimens taken from a total of 41 patients examined over three years included direct microscopy and repeated cultures. A higher incidence of onychomycosis of the fingernails (75%) was observed in women while afflictions of the toenails (71%) prevailed in men. The highest prevalence of onychomycosis was found in patients between 50 and 70 years of age. Candida albicans was the dominant organism causing onychomycosis (prevalence rate 60.9%), followed by C. parapsilosis (19.6%), C. tropicalis (9.8), C. krusei (4.9), C. guilliermondii and C. zeylanoides (2.4% each).

Obtenção de extratos de própolis sob diferentes condições e avaliação de sua atividade antifúngica

“…A prevalência de onicomicoses é grande em nosso meio (Guilhermetti et al, 2004), o que parece ser uma tendência mundial (Chan et al, 2002;Elewski et al, 2002). Além disso, é signifi cativo o isolamento, a identifi cação de leveduras entre os agentes de onicomicoses (Dorko et al, 2002). O caráter crônico das lesões e a difi culdade de absorção das drogas disponíveis, aliados ao elevado custo dos antifúngicos clássicos são condições limitantes para o sucesso terapêutico das onicomicoses e justifi cam a busca de opções mais acessíveis.…”

Antifungal activity of propolis extract against yeasts isolated from onychomycosis lesions

“…Epidemiological studies concerning onychomycosis have been performed in many countries around the world: Lybia (Ellabib et al 2002), Slovakia (Dorko et al 2002) (Garg et al 2004), Argentina (Mujica et al 2004), Taiwan (Chi et al 2005), Italy (Romano et al 2005), Germany , Turkey (Ilkit 2005), and Greece (Ioannidou et al 2006). In all cases, infection of the nail by yeasts, mainly Candida sp., has been prominent.…”

Distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis of the finger nail in a neonate: a rare case

“…Etiological agents of onychomycosis include the dermatophytes Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes [7, 8]. The role of Candida species in onychomycosis has also been established but is still primarily considered to cause onychomycosis secondary to paronychial disease or peripheral vascular disease [9–11]. According to earlier studies, out of all Candida species, C. albicans accounted for 57–87% of the infections [10, 12].…”