%0 Journal Article
%T Trichosporon spp como agente causal de onicomicosis
%A Mendoza
%A Mireya
%A Rico
%A M. Elena
%J Kasmera
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the incidence of trichosporon spp. yeast isolates from clinical samples tested in the mycology laboratory at the institute of biomedicine over a period of 10 years (2000-2010) was evaluated. there were a total of 14 cases, representing an incidence of 0.13%; the cases showed 71% positivity on direct examination. 57% of the cases were in nails of the hand and foot. in contrast to cases reported for candida, toenails were the most affected (50%) by trichosporon spp. in this study.
%K trichosporon
%K onychomycosis
%K diagnosis
%K yeast.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0075-52222011000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en