Comparison of direct smear, culture and histology for the diagnosis of onychomycosis

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-21

  Karimzadegan Nia, Motahareh ^a   Mir Amin Mohammadi, Akram ^a   Bouzari, Navid ^a   Firooz, Alireza ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte; Nail; Sensitivity; Specificity; Yeast

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREDICTION; SMEAR; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33845994737     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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