Mycology of Onychomycosis: A 5-year retrospective review (2011 – 2015) in Hospital Kuala Lumpur
- Author:
Rajalingam Ramalingam
;
Sugina Kunalan
;
Min Moon Tang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Onychomycosis;
dermatophyte-predominant;
mycology
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2017;72(3):190-192
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Onychomycosis is a common nail disease with numerous
etiological pathogens. In order to determine and trend the
local mycological pattern of culture-positive diseased nail
samples sent from the Department of Dermatology, Hospital
Kuala Lumpur, a five-year retrospective audit was carried
out, which revealed that non-dermatophyte molds were the
predominant fungi isolated, followed by yeasts and
dermatophytes. This is similar to two previous studies in
Malaysia, but varies greatly from other studies around the
world which showed a dermatophyte-predominant
prevalence. This could be due to the nature of the
environment our patients encountered.
