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ArticleJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2024

New Diagnostic Strategy for Onychomycosis: First-Line Utilization of DermaGenius

Séverine Evrard, Caroline Minon, Mouhsine Lamtiri Laarif, Benjamin De Backer, Henry Paridaens, Marie-Pierre Hayette, Julie Frère, Jean-Marc Senterre, Jean-Marc Minon

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Article in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Séverine EvrardLaboratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
Caroline MinonLaboratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
Mouhsine Lamtiri LaarifLaboratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
Benjamin De BackerLaboratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
Henry ParidaensLaboratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
Marie-Pierre HayetteDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liege, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9025-6493
Julie FrèrePediatrics Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
Jean-Marc SenterreLaboratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, 4000 Liege, Belgium.
Jean-Marc MinonLaboratory Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle, 4000 Liege, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4289-6063

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Onychomycosis (OM) is a widespread infection requiring prolonged treatment with potential side effects. Diagnostic certainty is therefore essential before initiating antifungal therapy. Molecular biology has already shown benefits in reducing the time to diagnosis, providing technical ease, and increasing sensitivity for the respective species that molecular tests can detect. Nevertheless, causative agents are numerous, and culture remains essential, particularly for detecting non-dermatophytes mold infections. This study compared the performance of three different diagnostic strategies: conventional culture technique, the multiplex DermaGenius

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calcofluorculturedermatophytesdiagnostic strategyhyphaemoldmultiplex PCRonychomycosisyeast

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PMID39194841
PMCPMC11355057

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