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Distal and lateral subungual onychomycosis of the finger nail in a neonate: a rare case.

Supram Hosuru SubramanyaSaujan SubediYang MetokAjay KumarPeralam Yegneswaran PrakashNiranjan Nayak
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2019)
The case is presented due to its rarity in neonates which, we suppose is the first case report of onychomycosis from Nepal in a 28-day-old neonate. Oral colonization with pathogenic yeasts and finger suckling could be risk factors for neonatal onychomycosis.
Keyphrases
  • rare case
  • case report
  • minimally invasive
  • saccharomyces cerevisiae