title: Infection of the finger-nail by Pyrenochaeta unguis-hominis.
abstract: Infection of the finger-nail of an elderly woman by Pyrenochaeta unguis-hominis is reported. The small lesion was extending slowly into the healthy nail plate. The fungus has been isolated from diseased toe-nails on two previous occasions but its extra-human habitat is unknown.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003881:Dermatomycoses; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000209:etiology*