ReviewFrontiers in medicine2021
Diagnosis of Onychomycosis: From Conventional Techniques and Dermoscopy to Artificial Intelligence.
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- Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis of Superficial Mycoses: A Scoping Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- First case report of onychomycosis caused byMedical mycology case reports · 2026Article
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- Artifact-Aware Fungal Detection in Dermatophytosis: A Transformer-Based Approach for KOH Microscopy.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of fluorescence microscopy of hematoxylin-eosin-stained nail sections for onychomycosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Dermatoscopic Patterns in Mycosis Fungoides: Observations from a Case-Series Retrospective Analysis and a Review of the Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A six-year retrospective study on the causative agents of onychomycosis in China: the emergence of dematiaceous fungi.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of Onychomycosis in the United States Characterized Using Molecular Methods, 2015-2024.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis of Onychomycosis-Literature Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Clinical Diagnosis and Laboratory Testing of Abnormal Appearing Toenails: A Retrospective Assessment of Confirmatory Testing for Onychomycosis in the United States, 2022-2023.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Terbinafine in acrylic polymer for the treatment of onychomycosis in hemodialysis patients: a phase II clinical trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Artificial intelligence in assisting pathogenic microorganism diagnosis and treatment: a review of infectious skin diseases.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
- Clinical and epidemiological study of onychomycosis among patients of the national institute of hygiene in rabat, Morocco (2016-2020).Current medical mycology · 2023Article
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- Applications of Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections: A Systematic Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in the Diagnosis of Onychomycosis: A Systematic Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Evaluation of different DNA extraction methods based on steel-bullet beating for molecular diagnosis of onychomycosis.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2022Article
- Diagnosing Onychomycosis: What's New?Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Transmission of Onychomycosis and Dermatophytosis between Household Members: A Scoping Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Updated Perspectives on the Diagnosis and Management of Onychomycosis.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Onychomycosis is a common fungal nail infection. Accurate diagnosis is critical as onychomycosis is transmissible between humans and impacts patients' quality of life. Combining clinical examination with mycological testing ensures accurate diagnosis. Conventional diagnostic techniques, including potassium hydroxide testing, fungal culture and histopathology of nail clippings, detect fungal species within nails. New diagnostic tools have been developed recently which either improve detection of onychomycosis clinically, including dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy and artificial intelligence, or mycologically, such as molecular assays. Dermoscopy is cost-effective and non-invasive, allowing clinicians to discern microscopic features of onychomycosis and fungal melanonychia. Reflectance confocal microscopy enables clinicians to observe bright filamentous septate hyphae at near histologic resolution by the bedside. Artificial intelligence may prompt patients to seek further assessment for nails that are suspicious for onychomycosis. This review evaluates the current landscape of diagnostic techniques for onychomycosis.
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