Clinico-mycological study of onychomycosis in elderly patients

Physical examination of nails was carried out in 210 elderly patients and nail scrapings were obtained from onychomycosis suggested lesions in order to determine their causative agents, incidence and clinical characteristics. Diagnostic was confirmed by the isolation of the agents from 74 patients,...

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Published inRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 213 - 217
Main Authors Rodríguez-Soto, M E, Fernández-Andreu, C M, Moya Duque, S, Rodríguez Díaz, R M, Martínez-Machín, G
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Brazil 01.05.1993
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Candida - isolation & purification
Female
Foot Dermatoses - epidemiology
Foot Dermatoses - microbiology
Hand Dermatoses - epidemiology
Hand Dermatoses - microbiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Onychomycosis - epidemiology
Onychomycosis - microbiology
Toes - microbiology
Trichophyton - isolation & purification
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Summary:Physical examination of nails was carried out in 210 elderly patients and nail scrapings were obtained from onychomycosis suggested lesions in order to determine their causative agents, incidence and clinical characteristics. Diagnostic was confirmed by the isolation of the agents from 74 patients, mainly from toe-nails (incidence 35.2). Tinea pedis occurred in 25% of the cases and Diabetes mellitus was the most prevalent associated disease and the most frequent clinical characteristics were the thickening, the opacity and the presence of longitudinal strias in the surface of the nails. It was compared the results obtained by microscopic examination and by culture. Trichophyton rubrum was the most common dermatophyte isolated; Candida parapsilosis was dominant among Candida species.
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ISSN:0036-4665