title: Hypothyroidism-related onycholysis with Aureobasidium pullulans colonization successfully treated with antifungal therapy.
abstract: This is a report, the first to my knowledge, of secondary nail-apparatus involvement by Aureobasidium pullulans in a patient with onycholysis related to hypothyroidism. Complete cure of the lesions was seen after 2 weeks of itraconazole and 2 months of local bifonazole therapy. This case raises concern about the extent of involvement of this yeast in onycholysis of diverse clinical aetiologies.
authors.affiliation: Mycology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. marabatz@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arabatzis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054039:Onycholysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; D017964:Itraconazole; C036596:bifonazole