Open AccessA Case of Fingernail Onychomycosis Caused by Fusarium proliferatum
Author(s) -
Eun Hye Hong,
Young Chul Jang,
Cho Eun-Byul,
Eun-Joo Park,
Kwang-Joong Kim,
KwangHo Kim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
korean journal of medical mycology/daehan'yi jin'gyun haghoeji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2465-8278
pISSN - 1226-4709
DOI - 10.17966/jmi.2019.24.2.58
Subject(s) - fusarium proliferatum , fusarium , acremonium , fusarium solani , biology , fungus , fusarium oxysporum , nail (fastener) , nail disease , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , paronychia , materials science , anatomy , metallurgy
Onychomycosis is a fungal nail infection caused mainly by dermatophytes. Non-dermatophytes such as yeasts, Acremonium, Aspergillus, and Fusarium species account for only 10% of onychomycosis, and Fusarium species are relatively common amongst these pathogens. However, the main Fusarium species pathogens are Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum. Fusarium proliferatum is a rare pathogen in onychomycosis, and only a few cases have been reported worldwide. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman presenting with a white- to yellow-colored patch on her left third fingernail plate, which was diagnosed by fungus culture and sequencing as onychomycosis caused by Fusarium proliferatum.