ArticleClinical interventions in aging2015
Chloronychia: green nail syndrome caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in elderly persons.
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- Subungual neuroma masquerading as green nail syndrome.JAAD case reports · 2022Article
- Case report: Novel use of the conventional method- chemical nail avulsion may be effective for treatment of green nail syndrome.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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- The Small RNAs PA2952.1 and PrrH as Regulators of Virulence, Motility, and Iron Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2021Article
- The Goldman-Fox syndrome: Treating and preventing green pseudomonas nails in the era of COVID-19.Dermatologic therapy · 2021Article
- Chloronychia caused byJAAD case reports · 2020Article
- Infectious Pseudochromhidrosis: A Case Report and Literature Review.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2020Review
- Nail dermoscopy (onychoscopy) is useful in diagnosis and treatment follow-up of the nail mixed infection caused byPostepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2018Article
- Dermoscopy in the Evaluation of Nail Disorders.Skin appendage disorders · 2017Review
- Yellow nail syndrome: a review.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2017Review
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Abstract
Green nails, also known as chloronychia or green nail syndrome, are characterized by green discoloration of the nail plate (greenish-yellow, greenish-brown, greenish-black), proximal chronic non-tender paronychia, and distolateral onycholysis. The cause is Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of the nail plate in persons whose hands are constantly exposed to water, soaps, and detergents or are subject to mechanical trauma, especially in the elderly. Green or black coloration of the nails should raise suspicion for Pseudomonas infection and be treated with an oral quinolone (ciprofloxacin), particularly in aged patients. We present three cases of green nails in elderly persons.
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