Main description:

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.

Contents:

Onychomycosis: a simple illustrated guide to diagnosis and treatment

Is onychomycosis a disease or a cosmetic problem?

Fungi and the nails

Predisposing factors

Distal subungual onychomycosis

White superficial onychomycosis

Proximal subungual onychomycosis

Mold onychomychosis

Candida onychomycosis

Pigmented onychomycosis

Why and how you should confirm diagnosis

Direct microscopy and Culture : what you need to know

PCR

Role of pathology

Dermoscopy

Mimickers

How to provide best treatment

Prognostic factors

Why onychomycosis can be a threating condition

Onychomycosis in diabetics

The podiatric approach

Procedures and lasers

New topical antifungals

New systemic antifungals

Myths in treatment of onychomycosis