Onychomycosis caused by Chaetomium globosum Kunze.
In this paper we report a case of onychomycosis caused by Chaetomium globosum. The patient had lesions of the fingernails of the left hand. The direct microscopical examination of the nails showed light-brown hyphae with thick-walled cells. The histopathological examination revealed thick aggregated hyphal element in the nail plate. Amongst the antimycotics tested oxiconazole with MIC values of 0.3 microgram/ml-1 was found to be most effective in vitro against Chaetomium globosum.
Naidu
J
J
Department of Biological Sciences, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, India.
Singh
S M
SM
Pouranik
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000935:Antifungal Agents