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Onychomycosis

An Illustrated Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

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Editors:
  1. Antonella Tosti

    1. Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, USA

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  2. Tracey C. Vlahovic

    1. Department of Podiatric Medicine, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

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  3. Roberto Arenas

    1. Mycology Section, Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital, México, DF, Mexico

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  • Practical reference guide devoted entirely to onychomycosis

  • Provides insight into the diagnosis and management of this nail infection

  • Includes chapters on how fungus infects the nail unit, the types of nail fungus, diagnosis from a gross and microscopic view, and the various treatment options available

  • Chapters written by the world’s experts on the subject

  • Includes dozens of high quality color photos and illustrations

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Is Onychomycosis a Disease or a Cosmetic Problem?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Fungi and the Nails

      • Jeremy Brandon Freedman, Antonella Tosti
      Pages 3-10

    3. Predisposing Factors for Onychomycosis

      • Audrey A. Jacobsen, Antonella Tosti
      Pages 11-19

    4. Distal Subungual Onychomycosis

      • Jeremy Brandon Freedman, Antonella Tosti
      Pages 21-34

    5. White Superficial Onychomycosis

      • Stephanie Mlacker, Antonella Tosti
      Pages 35-44

    6. Proximal Subungual Onychomycosis

      • George Glinos, Antonella Tosti
      Pages 45-55

    7. Endonyx Onychomycosis

      • Vidhi V. Shah, Antonella Tosti
      Pages 57-60

    8. Onychomycoses Due to Non-dermatophytic Molds

      • Austin J. Maddy, Jennifer L. Abrahams, Antonella Tosti
      Pages 61-71

    9. Candida Onychomycosis

      • Edoardo Torres-Guerrero, Roberto Arenas
      Pages 73-83

    10. Pigmented Onychomycosis (Fungal Melanonychia)

      • Pablo Campos-Macias, Roberto Arenas
      Pages 85-101

  3. Why and How You Should Confirm Diagnosis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Direct Microscopy and Culture: What You Need to Know

      • Roberto Arenas, Diana C. Vega, Julieta Ruiz-Esmenjaud
      Pages 105-111

    3. Molecular Techniques (PCR)

      • Rigoberto Hernández-Castro, Ramón Fernández-Martínez, Gabriela Moreno-Coutiño, Roberto Arenas
      Pages 113-121

    4. Onychomycosis: Role of Histopathology

      • Paola Flores-Gavilán, Sonia Toussaint-Caire, Roberto Arenas
      Pages 123-129

    5. Dermoscopy

      • Miriam America Jesus-Silva, Rodrigo Roldan-Marin, Daniel Asz-Sigall, Roberto Arenas
      Pages 131-140

    6. Mimickers

      • Emilie Fowler, Antonella Tosti
      Pages 141-158

  4. How to Provide Best Treatment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Prognostic Factors

      • Chris G. Adigun, Tracey C. Vlahovic
      Pages 161-163

    3. Why Onychomycosis Can Be a Life-Threatening Condition

      • Tracey C. Vlahovic, Christina Bui, Kyle Shaw
      Pages 165-168
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About this book

There are an estimated 32 million people with onychomycosis in the United States alone, making it the most common nail disease seen and treated, but also quite misunderstood.  With the sole focus of this book devoted to onychomycosis, the reader is provided with insight into the diagnosis and management of this nail infection. Onychomycosis includes chapters on how fungus infects the nail unit, the types of nail fungus, diagnosis from a gross and microscopic view, and the various treatment options available.  With chapters written by the world’s experts along with dozens of high quality color photographs and illustrations, this book is a practical reference guide for every dermatologist, podiatrist, and primary care physician.

Reviews

“This book contains a wealth of information on a subject that represents the most common dermatological condition seen in the typical podiatric physician's office. … The book is written appropriately for clinicians, and amongst its audience will be, of course, podiatrists and dermatologists. However, those in family practice, internal medicine, as well as residents in each of those areas, too will find this a good read.” (Martin C. Yorath, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, USA

    Antonella Tosti

  • Department of Podiatric Medicine, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    Tracey C. Vlahovic

  • Mycology Section, Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital, México, DF, Mexico

    Roberto Arenas

About the editors

Antonella Tosti, MD, is a professor of clinical dermatology at the University of Miami Health System. She is a worldwide recognized expert in hair and nail disorders and has been invited to lecture at major international conferences. She is the author of Dermoscopy of Hair and Scalp Disorders, the first hair and scalp dermoscopy atlas ever published. She is also editor of five textbooks on diagnosis and treatment of hair disorders and three textbooks on nail disorders. Dr. Tosti is the main author of the chapter on nail disorders in several major textbooks and an expert in patch testing for diagnosis of contact allergy. Dr. Tosti is a member of numerous dermatological societies and is the author or co-author of more than 600 scientific publications.

Tracey C. Vlahovic, DPM, FFPM, FCPS, is Associate Professor in the Department of Podiatric Medicine, J. Stanley and Pearl Landau Faculty Fellow, Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology, Temple University School of Medicine. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Onychomycosis

  • Book Subtitle: An Illustrated Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

  • Editors: Antonella Tosti, Tracey C. Vlahovic, Roberto Arenas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44853-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44852-7Published: 13 February 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44853-4Published: 07 February 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 229

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 95 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Dermatology

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