nystatin-a1 and Onychomycosis

Nondermatophyte molds are fungi found in soil and decaying plant debris and are generally considered to be uncommon or secondary pathogens of diseased nails. Prevalence rates of onychomycoses caused by nondermatophyte molds range between 1.45 percent and 17.60 percent. The most common nondermatophyte molds associated with nail disease are Scopulariopsis, Scytalidium, Fusarium, Aspergillus and Onychocola canadensis. Syncephalastrum racemosum, a nondermatophyte mold, belongs to the class Zygomycetae. Only one well-documented case of human disease attributed to this organism has been described. We describe a 45-year-old man with culture proven toenail onychomycosis due to Syncephalstrum racemosum.

Topics: Antifungal Agents; Foot Dermatoses; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nystatin; Ointments; Onychomycosis; Zygomycosis

Topics: Humans; Nystatin; Onychomycosis

Molds are vegetable microorganisms, which differ from dermatophytes sensitive to griseofulvin, and from yeasts, which do not form aerial mycelium. Most of the molds, phytopathogenic or which live from dead organic substances, are apathogenic to humans. Only a couple of dozen species can parasitize on the skin, usually together with dermatophytes or yeasts. Onychomycoses with molds appear mostly in elderly people, and fungus affections of external auditory passage in seborrheic eczema of the ear. The hair can be infected by Piedraia hortae, resulting in hard black nodules. After the identification of molds on the skin, criticism is necessary, since in more than 95% of the cases they are accidental germs. Several cultures and microscopic tests are necessary to assure the diagnosis. Broad-spectrum antimycotics is the predominant choice for treatment, but also amphotericin B, nystatin and pimaricin.

Topics: Amphotericin B; Dermatitis, Seborrheic; Dermatomycoses; Humans; Natamycin; Nystatin; Onychomycosis; Piedra

Topics: Candidiasis, Cutaneous; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Nails; Nystatin; Onychomycosis; Paronychia; Pseudomonas Infections; Psoriasis; Staphylococcal Infections; Streptococcal Infections

Topics: Candida; Female; Humans; Melanoma; Methods; Middle Aged; Nystatin; Onychomycosis; Staining and Labeling

Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Griseofulvin; Humans; Nails; Nystatin; Onychomycosis; Paronychia; Psoriasis; Sulfacetamide; Thymol

Topics: Antifungal Agents; Candida; Candidiasis; Female; Humans; Infant; Nystatin; Onychomycosis