Concordance between direct microscopy and fungical culture for the diagnostic of feet's onychomycosis Concordância entre o exame micológico direto e a cultura para fungos no diagnóstico das onicomicoses dos pés

• Main Authors: Paulo Ricardo Martins Souza (Author), Gerson Vettorato (Author), Giselle Martins Pinto (Author), Rodrigo Pereira Duquia (Author), Tais Guarienti Amaro (Author), Hiram Laranjeira de Almeira Junior (Author), Juliano de Avelar Breunig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Prospective study compared the agreement between the direct microscopy and fungical culture from subungueal samples of the patients with clinical suspicion of feet's onychomycosis. The agreement occurred in 56.1% of the exams with dermatophytes, in 52.4% by others fungi and in 90.4% of the nega...