Biomaterial Database

Onychomycosis due to Aspergillus candidus: case report. 1975

B M Cornere, and M Eastman

A patient is described who suffered from chronic fungal involvement of right great toe nail. Serial cultures of the removed nail demonstrated a non-dermatophyte, Aspergillus candidus, as the causative agent.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009262	Nails	The thin, horny plates that cover the dorsal surfaces of the distal phalanges of the fingers and toes of primates.	Fingernails,Toenails,Fingernail,Nail,Toenail
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001228	Aspergillosis	Infections with fungi of the genus ASPERGILLUS.	Aspergillus Infection,Aspergilloses,Aspergillus Infections,Infection, Aspergillus,Infections, Aspergillus
D001230	Aspergillus	A genus of mitosporic fungi containing about 100 species and eleven different teleomorphs in the family Trichocomaceae.
D014009	Onychomycosis	A fungal infection of the nail, usually caused by DERMATOPHYTES; YEASTS; or nondermatophyte MOLDS.	Nail Fungus,Tinea Unguium,Fungus, Nail,Onychomycoses
D014034	Toes	Any one of five terminal digits of the vertebrate FOOT.	Toe