Vlahovic highlighted several options that can help improve the appearance of dystrophic nails as they recover or grow back: ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Mycosis nail fungus, also known as onychomycosis, is a fungal infection of the nail unit. It is more common in the toenails because fungi thrive in warm, ...

Individuals with congenital ichthyosis are at an increased risk for several viral and fungal cutaneous infections when compared with control patients.

Tinea is commonly known as ringworm, a fungal infection that can be found anywhere on the body. It gets its name because of the circular rash it causes. The name of the infection is determined by ...

“Here you will need a lab that knows how to do a fungal culture.” Most state laboratories can do this, she said, as can some hospitals and special labs such as CMM in Cleveland. Itraconazole labeled ...

(Craig Chivers/CBC) About two-thirds of the strains in the Canadian fungal library are unique to this collection and found in no other fungal repository in the world, Scott said. Half the ...

Itraconazole labeled dosing for onychomycosis is 200 mg daily for 12 weeks. Elewski favors a two-pronged attack, often combining an -azole antifungal with topical ciclopirox. To avoid recurrences ...

According to a new study, published in the journal Fungal Ecology, fungi may have their own unique measure of intelligence, making them capable of basic shape recognition and decision-making ...

Fungal infections on the face are caused by an overgrowth of yeast that’s naturally on the skin. In some instances, it can also be caused by another kind of fungus. Yeast infections on the face are ...

In addition to the reduced risk associated with penicillin use, the study found people who took two or more courses of antifungal medications in the five years before diagnosis had about a 16% higher ...

With five drugs in its pipeline, the biotech’s drug delivery candidate BB2603 completed a phase 2 trial for distal subungual onychomycosis (DSO) – fungal nail infections – of the toenail. Around 83% ...