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According to a study from Brazil, " As far as we have sought for in Medline and PubMed, not one study until now has evaluated the prevalence of onychomycosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As there are great evidence of immunological disturbances linked to IBD, a possible relationship of this nail infection in association with those diseases and the possible risk factors might be relevant in IBD patients."
" A case-control prospective study using combined direct smear and cultures for fungus was performed. Sociodemographics, clinical and laboratorial data were recorded at baseline and samples of suspected nails were collected from 141 IBD (61 men and 80 women) and from a group of 100 non-IBD subjects (41 men and 59 women). Direct smear and cultures were performed on each suspected case to exclude other onychodystrophies. The incidence of onychomycosis in IBD patients was highly significant in comparison to non-IBD patients (14.9% vs. 6%, respectively, P
The researchers concluded: "Therefore, as far as we are concerned, IBD must be included in the high-risk underlying conditions for onychomycosis occurrence."
Gaburri and colleagues published their study in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and ...
Source: HighBeam Research, New inflammatory bowel disease research from D. Gaburri and...