Total Dystrophic Onychomycosis Due to Syncephalastrum racemosum – A Rare Cause and its Novel Treatment Option

Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail caused by dermatophytic (99%) and/or non-dermatophytic (1%) (including yeasts) infections of the nailplate. Among the non-dermatophytes, the yeast Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, and other molds like Scopulariopsis spp., Scytalidium spp., Fusariu...

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Autores principales: Mohanty, Prasenjeet, Dash, Siddhartha, Mohapatra, Liza, Jain, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6434749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984595
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_155_18
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author Mohanty, Prasenjeet
Dash, Siddhartha
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Jain, Monica
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description Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail caused by dermatophytic (99%) and/or non-dermatophytic (1%) (including yeasts) infections of the nailplate. Among the non-dermatophytes, the yeast Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, and other molds like Scopulariopsis spp., Scytalidium spp., Fusarium spp., and Aspergillus spp. may be responsible. Herein, we report a case of total dystrophic onychomycosis in a 41-year-old female, caused by Syncephalastrum racemosum and its complete improvement with a combination of oral pulse itraconazole and 1064 nm Q-switched Nd-YAG laser. This case is being reported due to the rarity of causative organism for onychomycosis and a novel approach in its treatment.
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spelling pubmed-64347492019-04-12 Total Dystrophic Onychomycosis Due to Syncephalastrum racemosum – A Rare Cause and its Novel Treatment Option Mohanty, Prasenjeet Dash, Siddhartha Mohapatra, Liza Jain, Monica Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail caused by dermatophytic (99%) and/or non-dermatophytic (1%) (including yeasts) infections of the nailplate. Among the non-dermatophytes, the yeast Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, and other molds like Scopulariopsis spp., Scytalidium spp., Fusarium spp., and Aspergillus spp. may be responsible. Herein, we report a case of total dystrophic onychomycosis in a 41-year-old female, caused by Syncephalastrum racemosum and its complete improvement with a combination of oral pulse itraconazole and 1064 nm Q-switched Nd-YAG laser. This case is being reported due to the rarity of causative organism for onychomycosis and a novel approach in its treatment. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6434749/ /pubmed/30984595 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_155_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Dermatology Online Journal 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6434749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984595
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