 Paronychia
"Paronychia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An inflammatory reaction involving the folds of the skin surrounding the fingernail. It is characterized by acute or chronic purulent, tender, and painful swellings of the tissues around the nail, caused by an abscess of the nail fold. The pathogenic yeast causing paronychia is most frequently Candida albicans. Saprophytic fungi may also be involved. The causative bacteria are usually Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Streptococcus. (Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p271)
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D010304
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.800.460 C17.800.529.639 C17.800.838.486
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paronychia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Lu CW, Wang TY, Yen CF, Chen KH, Wu CE, Wang CL, Hsu PC, Fang YF, Li SH, Ko HW, Tseng LC, Shih FY, Lin YJ, Chen MJ, Chen CB, Su Pang JH, Chung WH, Ko YS. Using betaxolol for the prevention of paronychia induced by epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors: a case-control cohort study. Int J Dermatol. 2021 Feb; 60(2):179-184.
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