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A Case of Fingernail Onychomycosis due to Aspergillus flavus
- Source :
- Medical Mycology Journal. 57:E21-E25
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- The Japanese Society for Medical Mycology, 2016.
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Abstract
- A 56-year-old woman on insulin therapy for diabetes visited our clinic due to whitish discoloration on the right index finger. Despite topical application of 1% lanoconazole solution, the lesion grew, causing paronychia. Direct microscopy revealed non-dermatophyte molds. Based on the morphological features and genetic analysis of the isolate, the pathogen was identified as Aspergillus flavus. The patient was diagnosed with proximal subungual onychomycosis due to A. flavus. Following itraconazole pulse therapy, she was cured in 6 months. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of fingernail onychomycosis due to A. flavus in Japan.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
biology
business.industry
Itraconazole
Direct microscopy
Proximal subungual onychomycosis
Pulse therapy
Aspergillus flavus
Right index finger
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Microbiology
Dermatology
Paronychia
Lesion
Infectious Diseases
medicine
medicine.symptom
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 2186165X and 21856486
- Volume :
- 57
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Mycology Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........a606bd4356072b5846aae985b651f5be
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3314/mmj.57.e21