Discusses clinical presentation, laboratory procedures, the assessment of results, diagnosis, and treatments strategies.
1. Epidemiology
2. Anatomy of the Normal Nail
3. Clinical Patterns
Correlated with Main Routes of Entry
4. Clinical Differential Diagnosis
5.
Mycological Examination
6. Goals for the Treatment of Onychomycosis
7.
Review of Current Antifungal Therapy
8. Preventive Measures
Nail Disease Center, Cannes, France St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas's Hosptial, London, UK Private Practice, Freiburg, Germany University of Bologna, Italy