Could proximal white subungual onychomycosis be a complication of systemic spread? The lessons to be learned from Maladie Dermatophytique and other deep infections

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1023-1025

  Baran, R ^a   McLoone, N ^b   Hay, Roderick J ^c  

^a NAIL DISEASE CENTRE   (France)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermatophytes; Fungi; Lymphatic spread; Proximal white subungual onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL WHITE SUBUNGUAL ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOPHYTON;

DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 27544456418     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06838.x     Document Type: Article

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