PMID: 25738843Mar 5, 2015Paper

Onychomycosis: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment in a changing landscape

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology : JDD
Theodore RosenAditya K Gupta

Abstract

Onychomycosis is an often overlooked and/or undertreated disease. This may be in part due to an under appreciation among both physicians and patients of its impact on quality of life and the potential for significant complications, from tinea corporis and cruris, to bacterial superinfection. Some health care providers are unaware of the effective low-risk treatments currently available. Changing demographic characteristics such as the relative aging of the population; the increasing prevalence of diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, and widespread iatrogenic immunosuppression; and changes in lifestyle practices such as earlier and greater participation in sports, are likely to lead to an increased prevalence of onychomycosis in both adults and children. Two topical onychomycosis treatments, efinaconazole 10% solution, and tavaborole 5% solution were recently approved by the FDA. This article reviews the state of knowledge and describes, briefly, these new treatment options.

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Aging Genetics (Keystone)

This feed focuses on aging epidemiology and genetic, epigenetic, and proteomic aspects underlying aging, as well as aging- associated biomarkers. Here the latest research in this domain.

Epidemiology of Aging

This feed focuses on epidemiology of aging and aging-related conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and age-associated cognitive impairment. Here is the latest research.

Aging & Diabetes

This feed focuses on the role of the aging process on developing diabetes.

Aging Epidemiology

This feed focuses on epidemiology of aging and aging-related conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and age-associated cognitive impairment. Here is the latest research.

Related Papers

Acta Microbiologica Et Immunologica Hungarica
Nóra Erös, Zsuzsánna Károlyi
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete
J Dvorák, M Otcenásek
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved