Confirmation of onychomycosis by in vivo confocal microscopy

被引：71

作者：

Hongcharu, W ^{[1
]}

Dwyer, P ^{[1
]}

Gonzalez, S ^{[1
]}

Anderson, RR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Dermatol, Wellman Labs Photomed, Boston, MA 02114 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY | 2000年 / 42卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0190-9622(00)90128-2

中图分类号：

R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];

学科分类号：

100206 ;

摘要：

Onychomycosis is common in adults and constitutes 20% of all nail disease. Widely used methods to confirm a clinical diagnosis of onychomycosis often yield negative results (ie, potassium hydroxide [KOH] preparation) or are slow (ie, dermatophyte cultures). We report a case of onychomycosis in which we used in vivo confocal microscopy to diagnose the disease; we also correlated our findings with results from routine KOH preparations. On the basis of our findings, we hypothesize that in vivo confocal microscopy may be faster and more accurate than the conventional microscope used in KOH preparations in the diagnosis of onychomycosis.

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