Rev Iberoam Micol
2008; 25:45-49.
Non-dermatophytic moulds: onychomychosis in four patients infected with
the human immunodeficiency virus
Kedma de Magalhães Lima1,5, Célia Maria Machado Barbosa
de Castro1, Idalina Inês Fonsêca Nogueira Cambuim2,
Jeferson Carvalhaes de Oliveira3, Marília Delgado4 & Rossana
Sette de Melo Rego5
1Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Federal de Pernambuco,
Recife, PE, Brasil;
2Departamento de Biología de los Hongos, Universidad Federal de
Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil,
3Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología,
Universidad Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil;
4Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Correia Picanço,
Recife, PE, Brasil;
5Servicio de Micología, NKB-Medicina Diagnóstica, Recife,
PE, Brasil
Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are a risk
group for onychomycosis, fungal infections caused mainly by
dermatophytes and
yeast. However, non-dermatohytic moulds are becoming common agents for
nail infections in this population of patients. We report four cases of
onychomycosis caused by non-dermatophytic moulds (Aspergillus niger,
Scytalidium
hyalinum, Scytalidium dimidiatum and Fusarium solani) in patients
infected with
HIV from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Onychomicosis by non-dermatophytic
species
in HIV-positive patients requires special attention in the clinical and
the laboratory. A proper diagnosis is necessary to establish the
specific and adequate treatment, preventing fungal invasion.
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