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Chinese Journal of Mycology 2011, Vol. 6  Issue (5): 301-302.

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A case of hemorrhagic onychomycosis due to Aspergillus Sydowii

SHANG Pan-pan, FENG Xiao-ju, LI Dong-ming   

  1. Department of dermatology, Peking University Third hospital, Beijing 100091
  • Received:2011-03-15 Online:2011-10-28 Published:2011-10-28

Abstract: A 48-year-old storekeeper was sufferred from erythema in both toe nails for more than one year.White and green fluffy mould colony grew on the Sabouraud dextrose agar(SDA)with chloramphenicol at 25℃,which was identified as Aspergillus sydowii by morphology and rDNA sequence analysis.The patient was cured with terbinafine(250 mg daily for 1 month) after three months.

Key words: onychomycosis, Aspergillus sydowii, nail, erythema

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