Research Articles
An alternative technique of collecting nail specimens for mycological investigations
Authors:
HKTA Gunasekera,
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ruhuna, LK
Ajit Nagahawatte ,
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ruhuna, LK
N de Silva
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ruhuna, LK
Abstract
An alternative technique for collection of nail samples in the microscopic diagnosis of onychomycoses is discussed. 54 samples were collected using the conventional technique and the alternative method. 31 of the 54 samples were positive, 30 by the test method (96.8%), and 14 (48.4%) by the conventional method showing the usefulness of the proposed method.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v1i1.3186
Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol.1(1) 2011: 24-26
How to Cite:
Gunasekera, H., Nagahawatte, A. and de Silva, N., 2011. An alternative technique of collecting nail specimens for mycological investigations. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1(1), pp.24–26. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v1i1.3186
Published on
27 Jul 2011.
Peer Reviewed
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