Epidemiologic Analysis of Onychomycosis in the San Diego Pediatric Population.
Pediatr Dermatol
; 34(1): 46-49, 2017 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-27699839
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Onychomycosis (OM) is thought to be a rare disease in children, although there are few epidemiologic studies.METHODS:
This 3-year retrospective case series of nearly 400 children seen at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (RCHSD) describes the characteristics of OM found in this pediatric population.RESULTS:
From 2011 to 2013, the Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology Clinic at RCHSD saw a total of 36,634 unique patients, of whom 433 were unique patients with OM. Thirty-four patients met exclusion criteria, leaving 399 (1.1%) with a diagnosis of OM by a pediatric dermatologist. Nail cultures were obtained in 242 cases (60.7%), 116 (48.0%) of which were positive. Trichophyton rubrum was the most commonly isolated pathogen, responsible for 106 cases (91.3%) of positive cultures in the cohort.CONCLUSIONS:
Our study provides important regional information regarding epidemiologic data in pediatric onychomycosis, highlighting the diagnostic methods most commonly used and the pathogens most frequently encountered in our practice.
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Assunto principal:
Trichophyton
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Onicomicose
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Unhas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article