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Single-Point Nail Sampling to Diagnose Onychomycosis Caused by Non-Dermatophyte Molds: Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Histopathology
The three most commonly used methods for diagnosing non-dermatophyte mold (NDM) onychomycosis are culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and histopathology. Toenail samples from 512 patients (1 sample/patient) with suspected onychomycosis were examined using all three diagnostic tests. A statisti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10301021/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37367607 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof9060671 |
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author | Gupta, Aditya K. Cooper, Elizabeth A. Wang, Tong Lincoln, Sara A. Bakotic, Wayne L. |
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description | The three most commonly used methods for diagnosing non-dermatophyte mold (NDM) onychomycosis are culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and histopathology. Toenail samples from 512 patients (1 sample/patient) with suspected onychomycosis were examined using all three diagnostic tests. A statistically significant association was found between PCR and histopathology results, as well as between fungal culture and histopathology results. All PCR-positive and culture-positive dermatophyte samples were confirmed by histopathology. However, 15/116 (12.9%) of culture-positive NDM samples had negative histopathology results, while all PCR-positive NDM samples were confirmed by histopathology. The overall rate of dermatophyte detection was higher using PCR compared to culture (38.9% vs. 11.7%); the lower rate of NDM detection by PCR (11.7% vs. 38.9%) could be attributed to the restriction of the assay design to seven pre-selected targets. When repeat sampling in the clinic is not possible, a combination of NDM detection by PCR and positive histopathology of hyphae may be a proxy for NDM infection, particularly where the NDM occurs without a concomitant dermatophyte. There was a high degree of correlation between negative PCR and negative histopathology. A negative PCR result with negative histopathology findings may be a reliable proxy for the diagnosis of non-fungal dystrophy. |
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spelling | pubmed-103010212023-06-29 Single-Point Nail Sampling to Diagnose Onychomycosis Caused by Non-Dermatophyte Molds: Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Histopathology Gupta, Aditya K. Cooper, Elizabeth A. Wang, Tong Lincoln, Sara A. Bakotic, Wayne L. J Fungi (Basel) Article The three most commonly used methods for diagnosing non-dermatophyte mold (NDM) onychomycosis are culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and histopathology. Toenail samples from 512 patients (1 sample/patient) with suspected onychomycosis were examined using all three diagnostic tests. A statistically significant association was found between PCR and histopathology results, as well as between fungal culture and histopathology results. All PCR-positive and culture-positive dermatophyte samples were confirmed by histopathology. However, 15/116 (12.9%) of culture-positive NDM samples had negative histopathology results, while all PCR-positive NDM samples were confirmed by histopathology. The overall rate of dermatophyte detection was higher using PCR compared to culture (38.9% vs. 11.7%); the lower rate of NDM detection by PCR (11.7% vs. 38.9%) could be attributed to the restriction of the assay design to seven pre-selected targets. When repeat sampling in the clinic is not possible, a combination of NDM detection by PCR and positive histopathology of hyphae may be a proxy for NDM infection, particularly where the NDM occurs without a concomitant dermatophyte. There was a high degree of correlation between negative PCR and negative histopathology. A negative PCR result with negative histopathology findings may be a reliable proxy for the diagnosis of non-fungal dystrophy. MDPI 2023-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10301021/ /pubmed/37367607 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof9060671 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gupta, Aditya K. Cooper, Elizabeth A. Wang, Tong Lincoln, Sara A. Bakotic, Wayne L. Single-Point Nail Sampling to Diagnose Onychomycosis Caused by Non-Dermatophyte Molds: Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Histopathology |
title | Single-Point Nail Sampling to Diagnose Onychomycosis Caused by Non-Dermatophyte Molds: Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Histopathology |
title_full | Single-Point Nail Sampling to Diagnose Onychomycosis Caused by Non-Dermatophyte Molds: Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Histopathology |
title_fullStr | Single-Point Nail Sampling to Diagnose Onychomycosis Caused by Non-Dermatophyte Molds: Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Histopathology |
title_full_unstemmed | Single-Point Nail Sampling to Diagnose Onychomycosis Caused by Non-Dermatophyte Molds: Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Histopathology |
title_short | Single-Point Nail Sampling to Diagnose Onychomycosis Caused by Non-Dermatophyte Molds: Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Histopathology |
title_sort | single-point nail sampling to diagnose onychomycosis caused by non-dermatophyte molds: utility of polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and histopathology |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10301021/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37367607 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof9060671 |
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