Archives of Clinical and Medical Microbiology(ACMMJ)

Medical Officer, Sub-District Hospital, Bhadarwah, Doda, J&K HME Department, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Prevalence of Onychomycosis among Diabetic Population of District Doda (UT of J&K, India) -a Five Year Survey
  Author(s): Sandeep Kotwal*, Geeta Sumbali and Mumta Chauhan
  
  Onychomycosis, which is the chronic fungal infection of finger and toe nails, is too prevalent in persons suffering with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes generally make a person more prone to a number of diseases due to their weakened immune system. Diabetics are almost three times more likely to develop onychomycosis than non-diabetics. In our present study, out of the 370 detected diabetic patients (190 males and 180 females), a total of 45 cases were found to be positive for onychomycosis, which showed a prevalence percentage of 12.16%. 35 onychomycotic male patients with a prevalence percentage of 9.46% and 10 onychomycotic female patients with a prevalence percentage of 2.70% with different clinical symptoms viz., Distal lateral subungual onychomycosis (DLSO), Proximal subungual onychomycosis (PSO), White superficial onychomycosis (WSO) and Total dystrophic onychomycosis (TDO) were re.. Read More»
  

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