Scanning electron microscopy of superficial white onychomycosis

Superficial white onychomycosis is characterized by opaque, friable, whitish superficial spots on the nail plate. We examined an affected halux nail of a 20-year-old male patient with scanning electron microscopy. The mycological examination isolated Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Abundant hyphae with...

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Autores principales: de Almeida Jr., Hiram Larangeira, Boabaid, Roberta Oliveira, Timm, Vitor, Silva, Ricardo Marques e, de Castro, Luis Antonio Suita
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015
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Images in Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26560225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20154136
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description Superficial white onychomycosis is characterized by opaque, friable, whitish superficial spots on the nail plate. We examined an affected halux nail of a 20-year-old male patient with scanning electron microscopy. The mycological examination isolated Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Abundant hyphae with the formation of arthrospores were found on the nail's surface, forming small fungal colonies. These findings showed the great capacity for dissemination of this form of onychomycosis.
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spelling pubmed-46312452015-11-04 Scanning electron microscopy of superficial white onychomycosis de Almeida Jr., Hiram Larangeira Boabaid, Roberta Oliveira Timm, Vitor Silva, Ricardo Marques e de Castro, Luis Antonio Suita An Bras Dermatol Images in Dermatology Superficial white onychomycosis is characterized by opaque, friable, whitish superficial spots on the nail plate. We examined an affected halux nail of a 20-year-old male patient with scanning electron microscopy. The mycological examination isolated Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Abundant hyphae with the formation of arthrospores were found on the nail's surface, forming small fungal colonies. These findings showed the great capacity for dissemination of this form of onychomycosis. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4631245/ /pubmed/26560225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20154136 Text en © 2015 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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