Propolis for the Treatment of Onychomycosis

Onychomycosis is a fungal nail infection, considered as a public health problem because it is contagious and it interferes with the quality of life. It has long and difficult treatment, with many side effects and high cost. Propolis extract (PE) is a potential alternative to conventional antifungal...

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Autores principales: Veiga, Flavia Franco, Costa, Maiara Ignacio, Cótica, Érika Seki Kioshima, Svidzinski, Terezinha Inez Estivalet, Negri, Melyssa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30504984
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_365_17
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author Veiga, Flavia Franco
Costa, Maiara Ignacio
Cótica, Érika Seki Kioshima
Svidzinski, Terezinha Inez Estivalet
Negri, Melyssa
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description Onychomycosis is a fungal nail infection, considered as a public health problem because it is contagious and it interferes with the quality of life. It has long and difficult treatment, with many side effects and high cost. Propolis extract (PE) is a potential alternative to conventional antifungal agents because it has low cost, accessibility, and low toxicity. Herein, we report the favorable response of PE in onychomycosis in three elderly patients.
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spelling pubmed-62330482018-11-30 Propolis for the Treatment of Onychomycosis Veiga, Flavia Franco Costa, Maiara Ignacio Cótica, Érika Seki Kioshima Svidzinski, Terezinha Inez Estivalet Negri, Melyssa Indian J Dermatol Case Report Onychomycosis is a fungal nail infection, considered as a public health problem because it is contagious and it interferes with the quality of life. It has long and difficult treatment, with many side effects and high cost. Propolis extract (PE) is a potential alternative to conventional antifungal agents because it has low cost, accessibility, and low toxicity. Herein, we report the favorable response of PE in onychomycosis in three elderly patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6233048/ /pubmed/30504984 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_365_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Svidzinski, Terezinha Inez Estivalet
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Propolis for the Treatment of Onychomycosis
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