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Systemic candidiasis is a fatal fungal infection and its diagnosis is often difficult because Candida organism may be cultured from blood specimens in only 25% of the patients. The triad...
BACKGROUND: Onychomycosis is one of the most common diseases of nails, accounting for 50% of all nail problems and a recent rise in the prevalence of onychomycosis has been noted....
BACKGROUND: Although in managing childhood onychomycosis, it is reported that continuous therapy of itraconazole is effective and safe, pulse therapy seems to be preferred to enhance patient's compliance and tolerability....
Voriconazole is a second-generation triazole that has an enhanced antifungal spectrum, compared with older triazoles. It will likely become the drug of choice for treatment of invasive aspergillosis and many...
Majocchi's granuloma is well recognized, uncommon infection of dermal and subcutaneous tissue by dermatophytes. The organism usually associated with Majocchi's granuloma is Trichophyton (T.) rubrum. However, other dermatophytes including T....
BACKGROUND: Proteases from dermatophytes have an important role in pathogenicity of these fungi as they facilitate penetration and colonization in the keratin structures of the stratum corneum, nails, and hair....