Study of onychomycosis in India

Fungal agents causing onychomycosis in an Indian population were studied in a hospital based study. It revealed that onychomycosis is more common in adult males, and that finger nails were more often affected compared with toe nails. Occupation did not seem to be related to infection. Trichophyton r...

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Published inMycoses Vol. 33; no. 7-8; p. 411
Main Authors Banerjee, U, Sethi, M, Pasricha, J S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany 01.07.1990
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Candida - isolation & purification
Child
Female
Foot Dermatoses - epidemiology
Hand Dermatoses - epidemiology
Humans
India - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Onychomycosis - epidemiology
Sex Factors
Trichophyton - isolation & purification
India
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Summary:Fungal agents causing onychomycosis in an Indian population were studied in a hospital based study. It revealed that onychomycosis is more common in adult males, and that finger nails were more often affected compared with toe nails. Occupation did not seem to be related to infection. Trichophyton rubrum was the commonest fungus isolated (49.3%) followed by Candida species (23.2%). Four morphological varieties of Tr. rubrum colonies were observed but the role of a particular variety in causing chronic infection could not be ascertained.
ISSN:0933-7407
DOI:10.1111/myc.1990.33.7-8.411