Detection and Differentiation of Causative Fungi of Onychomycosis Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
Onychomvcosis , a fungal nail infection, has become one of the most important dermatophytoses. The current laboratory methods for diagnosis are the potassium hydroxide (KOH) scraping technique and fungal culture. Unfortunately, a predictably successful diagnostic approach to onychomvcosis does not yet exist, The purpose of this study was to develop a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based diagnostic method to improve the sensitivity ... Read more