Verrucous onychomycosis caused by curvularia in a patient with congenital pterygium

• Main Authors: Mary Vineetha (Author), Seena Palakkal (Author), K Sobhanakumari (Author), M I Celine (Author), V Letha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 57 year healthy farmer with congenital nail pterygium presented with a verrucous growth on nail bed since 8 months. He was not diabetic and HIV rapid card test negative. Our clinical diagnosis was chromoblastomycosis but culture showed growth of curvularia species on two occasions and histopatholo...