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The frequency of isolated fungi toenail scraping cultures |
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| Isolated fungi |
Number of cultures |
Type of fungi |
Positive cultures (%) |
KOH (+) patients (%) |
Patients with DNC (%) |
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| T. rubrum |
10 (9.2%) |
D |
51.7 |
34.5 |
13.2 |
| T. mentagrophytes |
2 (1.8%) |
D |
13.3 |
6.9 |
2.6 |
| Epidermophyton floccosum |
1 (0.9%) |
D |
6.6 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
| Aspergillus niger |
1 (0.9%) |
ND |
6.6 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
| Pichia etchellsii/carsonii |
1 (0.9%) |
ND |
6.6 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
| Contamination |
3 (2.8%) |
- |
- |
10.3 |
3.9 |
| Negative |
58 (53.2%) |
- |
- |
- |
76.3 |
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T, Trichophyton; D, Dermatophyte; ND, Non-dermatophyte; KOH, potassium hydroxide; DNC, Dystrophic nail changes. | |||||
Kuvandik et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:102 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-102 |
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