title: Transverse leukonychia with systemic infection.
abstract: Transverse white nail bands (leukonychia) have been described in association with systemic illnesses and exposure to toxins, and medications. We describe the occurrence of transverse nail bands in two patients following acute systemic illnesses. In the first case, transverse white nail bands developed in a 30-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-positive man following acute pulmonary tuberculosis. In the second case, transverse white nail bands were noted in an 80-year-old patient following Streptococcus intermedius empyema.
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Center, Dermatology Consultation Service, New York, USA.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Mautner
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ort
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Grossman
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents