title: Diagnosing onychomycosis.
abstract: Onychomycosis is the most prevalent nail disease, representing nearly half of all clinically diagnosed onychopathies. Given the pervasive nature of the disease and that successful treatment depends on the proper identification of the causative organism,accurate and reliable methods of diagnosis are necessary. This article discusses the efficacy of the various methods used for the diagnosis of onychomycosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre (Sunnybrook Site), University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada. agupta@execulink.com
authors.forename: Aditya K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Mary-Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ricci
mesh_terms: D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology