Comparison of Diagnostic Methods for Onychomycosis: a Controlled, Prospective Study

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Yurtoglu F., Yıldız L., Şentürk N., Aydın F., Güler Özden M., Canturk T., ...Daha Fazla

TURK DERMATOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.48-52, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/tdd.2011.11
  • Dergi Adı: TURK DERMATOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.48-52
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Onychomycosis, tinea unguinum, standard KOH preparation, native preparation, KOH preparation for 24 hours, histopathological investigation
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Standard KOH preparation and fungal culture are the most preferred methods used for the diagnosis of onychomycosis. Alternatively used methods are histopathological examination and KOH preparation for 24 hours. Our aim was to assess the sensitivity of standard KOH preparation, KOH preparation for 24 hours, fungal culture and histopathological examination for the diagnosis of onychomycosis.