Candida guilliermondii Onychomycosis Involving Fingernails in a Breast Cancer Patient under Docetaxel Chemotherapy

Candida guilliermondii Onychomycosis Involving Fingernails in a Breast Cancer Patient under Docetaxel Chemotherapy

Onychomycosis has been shown to have a higher incidence in cancer patients. Nail toxicity is a quite common side effect of anticancer agents. Taxotere© is a chemotherapeutic known to cause great incidence of nail change and has a role in subungual suppuration. We report on a 52-year-old woman with b...

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Main Authors: Yassine Merad, Hichem Derrar, Sarah Tabouri, Faiza Berexi-Reguig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2021-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
purulent discharge
docetaxel
onychomycosis
candida guilliermondii
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/519695

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