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Onychomycosis in Immunosuppressed Children Receiving Chemotherapy
Author(s) -
GarcíaRomero Maria Teresa,
Aguilar Enrique L.,
Arenas Roberto
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12030
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , incidence (geometry) , chemotherapy , trichophyton rubrum , dermatology , mycosis , surgery , antifungal , physics , optics
Onychomycosis in children has a low incidence worldwide; certain conditions such as immunosuppression have been described as risk factors for it. We studied 72 children receiving chemotherapy for different neoplasms to determine the frequency of onychomycosis. Only one patient had white superficial onychomycosis from Trichophyton rubrum , a frequency of 1.3%, not different from that reported in healthy patients.