Treatment of chronic paronychia.
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Acute and chronic paronychia.
Paronychia is an inflammation of the folds of tissue surrounding the nail of a toe or finger. Paronychia may be classified as either acute or chronic. The main factor associated with the development of acute paronychia is direct or indirect trauma to the cuticle or nail fold. This enables pathogens to inoculate the nail, resulting in infection. Treatment options for acute paronychia include war...
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Background and Objectives: Paronychia is inflammation of the skin that surrounds a fingernail or toenail. It may be acute or chronic and is most commonly caused by infection with either bacteria or fungi. Methods: this paper will look for the possible bacteria and/or fungi that cause Paronychia; 112 Patients with paronychia were subjected to questionnaire; cultures were done for swabs from pus ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6204.1588-a