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Challenges and opportunities in the management of onychomycosis

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posted on 2023-05-19, 19:45 authored by Christenson, JK, Gregory PetersonGregory Peterson, Naunton, M, Bushell, M, Kosari, S, Baby, KE, Thomas, J
Onychomycosis is an increasingly common fungal nail infection, chiefly caused by dermatophyte fungi. The disease is notoriously difficult to treat due to the deep-seated nature of fungi within the nail plate, prolonged treatment requirements, poor patient adherence and frequent recurrences. Given the poor efficacy of currently available topical and systemic therapies, there is a renewed interest in exploring alternative treatment modalities for onychomycosis. Natural therapies, physical treatments and various combination therapies have all shown potential for the management of onychomycosis, though research on many of these methods is still in preliminary stages. Further large, well-designed, randomised controlled trials are necessary to confirm the efficacy of these novel treatments in order to make formal recommendations regarding their use in the management of onychomycosis.

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Publication title

Journal of Fungi

Volume

4

Article number

87

Number

87

Pagination

1-10

ISSN

2309-608X

Department/School

College Office - College of Health and Medicine

Publisher

MDPIAG

Place of publication

Switzerland

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Copyright 2018 The Authors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Clinical health not elsewhere classified; Clinical health not elsewhere classified

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