Clinical significance of Candida isolation from dystrophic fingernails.
Avner ShemerRalph DanielAnna LyakhovitskyVered Aghion-SvirskyRiad KassemDimitris RigopoulosRenata FarhiEran GaliliPublished in: Mycoses (2020)
Candida-positive primary onycholysis was shown to be non-responsive to systemic anti-fungal treatment, suggesting that anti-fungal treatment is not indicated. For other clinical scenarios, high proportions of treatment non-response suggest that determining causality of Candida should not be based on a single positive mycological culture.