ArticleCurrent medical mycology2024
Molecular identification of yeast communities isolated from nail specimens by PCR-RFLP and PCR-FSP methods.
Article in Current medical mycology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests forPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Advances in vulvovaginal candidiasis research: a comprehensive review from epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment to resistance mechanisms.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profile of rare and emerging yeast species causing onychomycosis.BMC research notes · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Onychomycosis is a common fungal infection that affects the nails, caused by various fungal agents. Moreover, yeast onychomycosis has increased in recent years. Yeast isolates might not be identified at the species level by conventional methods, whereas molecular methods can identify yeast isolates more accurately. This study aimed to identify yeast communities isolated from nail specimens by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and PCR- fragment size polymorphism (FSP) methods. Materials and Methods: This experimental study was conducted on archival yeast isolates obtained from 269 patients suspected of onychomycosis who referred to the Medical Mycology Laboratory at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Shiraz, Iran, between April 2022 and March 2023. Onychomycosis was confirmed through direct examination and culture of nail specimens. The PCR-RFLP and PCR-FSP methods were used to identify yeast isolates. Results: In total, 78 (28.99%) yeast strains were identified. Conclusion: It seems necessary to use molecular diagnostic tools in addition to conventional methods to identify yeast isolates in clinical laboratories. The rapid and accurate identification of fungal agents causing onychomycosis is useful for the selection of an appropriate treatment strategy.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.