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Organisms causing onychomycosis

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  • Dermatophytes
    • common - Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton interditale
    • uncommon - Trichophyton erinacei,Trichophyton soudanense, Trichophyton tonsurans, Trichophyton violaceum, Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum canis
  • Yeasts
    • common - Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis
    • uncommon - Candida glabrata, Candida guillermondii, Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis
  • non-dermatophytes (moulds)
    • common - Fusarium spp, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
    • uncommon - Aspergillus spp, Acremonium spp, Scytalidium dimidiatum, Scytalidium hyalinum

Reference

  1. Youssef AB et al. Onychomycosis: Which fungal species are involved? Experience of the Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology of the Rabta Hospital of Tunis. J Mycol Med. 2018 Dec;28(4):651-654

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