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Diagnosing onychomycosis.

Gupta AK, Ricci MJ

Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre (Sunnybrook Site), University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada. agupta@execulink.com

Onychomycosis is the most prevalent nail disease, representing nearly half of all clinically diagnosed onychopathies. Given the pervasive nature of the disease and that successful treatment depends on the proper identification of the causative organism,accurate and reliable methods of diagnosis are necessary. This article discusses the efficacy of the various methods used for the diagnosis of onychomycosis.

Published 26 June 2006 in Dermatol Clin, 24(3): 365-9.
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