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| Title |
A Review of Onychomycosis Due to Aspergillus Species
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| Published in |
Mycopathologia, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11046-017-0222-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Felix Bongomin, C. R. Batac, Malcolm D. Richardson, David W. Denning |
| Abstract |
Aspergillus spp. are emerging causative agents of non-dermatophyte mould onychomycosis (NDMO). New Aspergillus spp. have recently been described to cause nail infections. The following criteria are required to diagnose onychomycosis due to Aspergillus spp.: (1) positive direct microscopy and (2) repeated culture or molecular detection of Aspergillus spp., provided no dermatophyte was isolated. A review of 42 epidemiological studies showed that onychomycosis due to Aspergillus spp. varies between < 1 and 35% of all cases of onychomycosis in the general population and higher among diabetic populations accounting for up to 71% and the elderly; it is very uncommon among children and adolescence. Aspergillus spp. constitutes 7.7-100% of the proportion of NDMO. The toenails are involved 25 times more frequently than fingernails. A. flavus, A. terreus and A. niger are the most common aetiologic species; other rare and emerging species described include A. tubingensis, A. sydowii, A. alliaceus, A. candidus, A. versicolor, A. unguis, A. persii, A. sclerotiorum, A. uvarum, A. melleus, A. tamarii and A. nomius. The clinical presentation of onychomycosis due to Aspergillus spp. is non-specific but commonly distal-lateral pattern of onychomycosis. A negative culture with a positive KOH may point to a NDM including Aspergillus spp., as the causative agent of onychomycosis. Treatment consists of systemic therapy with terbinafine or itraconazole. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 159 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 159 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 14% |
| Other | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 8% |
| Researcher | 11 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 62 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 25% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 17 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 18 | 11% |
| Unknown | 65 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 April 2020.
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