Onychomycosis by Syncephalastrum racemosum: case report from Kerala, India

Sabitha Baby; T.G. Ramya; R.K. Geetha

doi:10.4081/dr.2015.5527

Onychomycosis by Syncephalastrum racemosum: case report from Kerala, India

https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2015.5527

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015)

Submitted: 24 June 2014
Accepted: 18 January 2015

Published: 30 March 2015

onychomycosis, Syncephalastrum racemosum

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Sabitha Baby
sabithababy@yahoo.co.in
Department of Microbiology, Karuna Medical College, Vilayodi, India.
T.G. Ramya Department of Microbiology, Karuna Medical College, Vilayodi, India.
R.K. Geetha Department of Microbiology, Karuna Medical College, Vilayodi, India.

We report a rare case of onychomycosis caused by Syncephalastrum racemosum in a 50-year-old diabetic patient. The patient’s nail was surgically excised and thorough debridement was done. The patient was successfully treated with topical nystatin.

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Baby, S., Ramya, T., & Geetha, R. (2015). Onychomycosis by Syncephalastrum racemosum: case report from Kerala, India. Dermatology Reports, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2015.5527