Nsanze H, Lestringant G G, Mustafa N, Usmani M A
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates.
Mycoses. 1995 Sep-Oct;38(9-10):421-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1995.tb00075.x.
A 1-year study was conducted on 151 patients with finger- or toenail disease attending a dermatology clinic in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Nail scrapings and or clippings were collected and investigated with a KOH preparation for direct microscopy and cultured for fungi. Eighty-nine (59%) patients were females. Most females (62%) presented with fingernail disease while in men the toenails were involved in 76%. Fungi were isolated in 78 (52%) of all cases and the fingernails were more commonly positive than toenails. Of the 78 isolates, 49 (63%) were yeasts, including eight Candida species, dermatophytes accounted for 22 (28%) and seven (9%) were other moulds. Non-dermatophyte moulds constituted 20% of male isolates but only 4% of female isolates. Eighty-one per cent of Candida species were from fingernails, while 87% of all the dermatophytes were from toenails.
在阿拉伯联合酋长国艾因市的一家皮肤科诊所，对151名患有指甲疾病（包括手指甲或脚趾甲疾病）的患者进行了为期1年的研究。采集了指甲刮屑和/或指甲剪，用氢氧化钾制剂进行直接显微镜检查，并进行真菌培养。89名（59%）患者为女性。大多数女性（62%）表现为手指甲疾病，而男性中76%的病例累及脚趾甲。在所有病例中，78例（52%）分离出真菌，手指甲比脚趾甲更常呈阳性。在78株分离株中，49株（63%）为酵母菌，包括8种念珠菌属，皮肤癣菌占22株（28%），7株（9%）为其他霉菌。非皮肤癣菌霉菌占男性分离株的20%，但仅占女性分离株的4%。81%的念珠菌属来自手指甲，而所有皮肤癣菌的87%来自脚趾甲。
