Caractéristiques cliniques et mycologiques des onychomycoses à Candida à l’Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire

ConclusionLes onychomycoses à Candida sont relativement fréquentes à Abidjan et dominées sur le plan étiologique par C. albicans. La confirmation mycologique de l’étiologie fongique d’une onychopathie et une bonne hygiène des ongles permettront une meilleure prise en charge.SummaryObjectiveThis study aims to study the clinical and mycological characteristics of onychomycosis due to Candida in mycology unit of Institut Pasteur of Côte d’Ivoire.Patients and methodsThis is a retrospective study which was carried out on patients from 1990 to 2016 for mycological diagnosis of onychomycosis and which socio-demographic characteristics, direct examination and culture results were recorded.ResultsIn this study, 1898 patient files were selected. The average age of the patients was 31.69 years (standard deviation = 15.11) with a sex ratio of 0.87. The frequency of Candida onychomycosis from patients received was 61.7%. Finger nails (67.7%) were more affected by this condition, followed by those of the toes (25.3%). Ninety cases of double localization of the nails of the hands and toes have been found. Candida albicans was the most frequent species accounting for 79.1% of isolated yeasts. Among the non-albicans, C. parapsilosis and C. tropicalis were isolated at the level of the toenails with frequencies rate of 11.2 and 9.6%.ConclusionOnychomycosis due to Candida are relatively common in Abidjan and are dominated by C. albicans. The mycological confirmation...

Source: Journal of Medical Mycology - July 11, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research