ONYCHOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY SCYTALIDIUM-DIMIDIATUM

Authors
ELEWSKI BE
Citation
Be. Elewski, ONYCHOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY SCYTALIDIUM-DIMIDIATUM, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 35(2), 1996, pp. 336-338
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
336 - 338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1996)35:2<336:OCBS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We report a case of onychomycosis caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum (sy n., Hendersonula toruloidea) in a patient who did not live in an endem ic area. This nondermatophyte mold may produce disease indistinguishab le from dermatophyte fungi, but it does not respond to current systemi c antimycotic therapy. Distal subungual onychomycosis, lateral onychol ysis followed by lateral nail plate invasion, and chronic paronychia a re common nail presentations.