title: Trichophyton rubrum onychomycosis in an 8-week-old infant.
abstract: An 8-week-old infant presented with 7 weeks history of nail involvement and discoloration. Lesions started over the middle fingernail of right hand at 1 week of age, spreading over to other nails within 2 weeks. Only two nails of the feet were spared. On KOH examination, fungal hyphae were seen and culture showed growth of Trichophyton rubrum. The purpose is to report the earliest case of onychomycosis having multiple nail involvement of fingers and toes (18 nails).
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi, India. drkhurana@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Vinod K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.forename: Rakesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Leela
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Kapil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Yukti
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents