title: Isolated congenital nail candidiasis: report of 6 cases.
abstract: Congenital candidal infection usually presents as skin rash but it can also affect skin appendages. Nail involvement in congenital candidiasis is rare and has been usually associated with cutaneous lesions. We report 6 cases of congenital candidiasis limited to nail plates that had favorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. JSanchezS@parcdesalutmar.cat
authors.forename: Julia M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Schmidt
authors.forename: M Asunción
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vicente-Villa
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Viñas-Arenas
authors.forename: Amadeu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gené-Giralt
authors.forename: M Antonia
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: González-Enseñat
mesh_terms: D002177:Candidiasis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009262:Nails / Q000473:pathology*; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000382:microbiology