Peralam Yegneswaran, Prakash and Bairy, Indira and Gurung, Shrijana (2009) Clinico-mycological profile of onychomycoses in patients attending dermatology clinics at a tertiary care centre in southern India. In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection Special Issue: Abstracts of the 19th ECCMID, 16-19 May 2009, Helsinki, Finland.

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Abstract

To study the pattern of clinical manifestation in onychomycoses patients and to identify the various dermatophytic, non dermatophytic mould and yeasts implicated in Onychomycoses. The burden of Onychomycoses in the society, causing morbidity cannot be ignored. Although in a developing country like ours where there are more immediate and life threatening disease to combat, it is important to note that a great majority of Onychomycoses sufferers are unseen or hidden patients, and if they are to report to a dermatologist the actual number would be much higher. It is important to recognize, identify and confirm Onychomycoses due to non dermatophyte filamentous fungi as they may not be responsive to even newer antifungal agents.

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