Comparison of potassium hydroxide mount and mycological culture with histopathologic examination using periodic acid-Schiff staining of the nail clippings in the diagnosis of onychomycosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-229

  Shenoy, M ^a   Teerthanath, S ^a   Karnaker, Vimal ^a   Girisha, B ^a   Krishna Prasad, M ^a   Pinto, Jerome ^a  

^a NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Onychomycosis; Periodic acid Schiff staining; Potassium hydroxide mount

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; STAINING; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 46349092286     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.39584     Document Type: Article

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