organisms causing onychomycosis
Last reviewed 01/2018
- Dermatophytes
- common - Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton interditale
- uncommon - Trichophyton erinacei,Trichophyton soudanense, Trichophyton tonsurans, Trichophyton violaceum, Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum canis
- Yeasts
- common - Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis
- uncommon - Candida glabrata, Candida guillermondii, Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis
- non-dermatophytes (moulds)
- common - Fusarium spp, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
- uncommon - Aspergillus spp, Acremonium spp, Scytalidium dimidiatum, Scytalidium hyalinum