Use of real time multiplex PCR for the diagnosis of dermatophytes onychomycosis in patients with empirical antifungal treatments

• Main Authors: Laura Trovato (Author), Maria Domina (Author), Maddalena Calvo (Author), Rocco De Pasquale (Author), Guido Scalia (Author), Salvatore Oliveri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Onychomycosis is a nail fungal infection mainly caused by dermatophytes. Diagnostic confirmation is conventionally made by direct microscopy and culture, which suffer from low or moderate sensitivity. Several molecular methods have been used for dermatophytes detection and identification...