A case of fingernail onychomycosis caused by Aspergillus oryzae
HAO Xiaokang
REN Licuan
LIU Xin
CHEN Huihui
GAO Fen
XU Shilin
WEI Tingyu
ZHOU Juan
Abstract：A case of fingernail onychomycosis caused by Aspergillus oryzae is reported.A 21-year-old female whose proximal end of the middle fingernail on right hand had thickened and turned yellowish-white for more than a year.In the past two months,the nails on the middle and ring fingers of left hand had also been affected.Diseased nail clippings were collected for fungal fluorescence staining microscopy,which yielded positive results for hyphae.Fungal culture and strain identification confirmed the Aspergillus oryzae.The patient achieved complete cure after receiving oral itraconazole pulse therapy for 3 months.
Keywords：nailsonychomycosisAspergillus oryzae
Publication Date：2026-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-19(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 81-83 )