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Factors that may affect the response of onychomycosis to oral antifungal therapy
Author(s) -
Gupta Aditya K,
Daniel C Ralph
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1998.tb01477.x
Subject(s) - medicine , antifungal , nail (fastener) , affect (linguistics) , nail disease , dermatology , intensive care medicine , paronychia , linguistics , philosophy , materials science , metallurgy
SUMMARY With the advent of the newer oral antifungals available to treat onychomycosis, the majority of patients respond to therapy. However, there may be subsets of patients who exhibit poor response or failure. Possible explanations for this may be grouped into categories, including: (i) patient characteristics; (ii) organisms causing or associated with the nail infection; (iii) nail characteristics; and (iv) local diseases involving the nail.