Epidemiological profile of onychomycosis in the elderly living in the nursing homes

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dc.contributor.authorGunduz T.
dc.contributor.authorGunduz K.
dc.contributor.authorDegerli K.
dc.contributor.authorLimoncu M.E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:17:22Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:17:22Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Few data is available about the prevalence and the causative microorganisms of onychomycosis in the elderly. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and types of onychomycosis in the elderly people living in the nursing homes and to determine the responsible fungal agents. Methods Elderly people living in nursing homes were examined for onychomycosis. Nails with color and structure changes were suspected of onychomycosis. Scraping materials were evaluated by direct KOH examination and fungal cultures were performed. Results Totally, 214 elderly persons (59 female, 155 male) from nursing homes were studied. Onychomycosis was suspected clinically in 102 cases and scraping materials were obtained from 122 nails. Clinical types of onyhomycosis were distal subungual in 87, proximal subungual in 21 and white superficial in 14 cases. Fungal spores were seen in 81 (37.8%) samples (3 hand nails, 78 toenails) with direct KOH examination and fungal culture was positive in 54 (25.2%) (3 hand nails, 51 toenails) of them. Trichophyton rubrum was the most frequently isolated fungus (75.9%) followed by Candida glabrata (12.9%). Conclusions In the elderly, onychomycosis is more common than the general population. However causative fungi are similar; dermatophytes are the most common causative organisms followed by yeasts. © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS and European Union Geriatric Medicine Society.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1016/j.eurger.2013.11.012
dc.identifier.issn18787649
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/17047
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherElsevier Masson SAS
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectCandida glabrata
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectfungus spore
dc.subjectgeriatrics
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjecthuman tissue
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmycosis
dc.subjectnail
dc.subjectnail color defect
dc.subjectnonhuman
dc.subjectnursing home
dc.subjectonychomycosis
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectTrichophyton rubrum
dc.subjectvery elderly
dc.titleEpidemiological profile of onychomycosis in the elderly living in the nursing homes
dc.typeArticle

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