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Systemic Therapy of Onychomycosis

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Scher and Daniel’s Nails

Abstract

Onychomycosis should be considered a medical problem, rather than a cosmetic one. In most cases, except the mildest one and in children systemic treatment is needed. Choice of treatment is based on several factors such as the organism isolated, type of onychomycosis, concomitant disorders and possibility of drug interactions. Terbinafine is the drug of choice in patients with dermatophyte onychomycosis. Patients with negative prognostic factors can be more difficult to treat and may need modification of the treatment such as surgery and/or booster treatment. When patients have been cured, it is important to prevent recurrences.

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Sigurgeirsson, B. (2018). Systemic Therapy of Onychomycosis. In: Rubin, A.I., Jellinek, N.J., Daniel, C.R., Scher, R.K. (eds) Scher and Daniel’s Nails. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65649-6_12

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