Table 3.

Detailed description of identified pathogens

Group of fungi	Causative agents	Psoriasis and onychomycosis, n (%)		Onychomycosis in non-psoriatic patients with abnormal nails, n (%)
		Hands	Feet	Hands	Feet
Yeasts	Candida albicans	4 (3.92)	0 (0.00)	131 (5.64)	39 (1.68)
	Candida glabrata	4 (3.92)	0 (0.00)	14 (0.60)	7 (0.30)
	Candida krusei	2 (1.96)	0 (0.00)	14 (0.60)	1 (0.04)
	Geotrichum candidum	2 (1.96)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	8 (0.04)
	Candida tropicalis	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.04)	0 (0.00)
	Rhodotorula rubra	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	5 (0.22)
Dermatophytes	Trichophyton rubrum	0 (0.00)	4 (3.92)	3 (0.13)	159 (0.22)
	Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. granulosum	0 (0.00)	3 (2.94)	5 (2.98)	108 (4.65)
	Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.04)
	Microsporum canis	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (0.09)
Molds	Scopulariopsis brevicaulis	0 (0.00)	5 (4.90)	0 (0.00)	12 (0.52)
	Cladosporium sp.	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	6 (0.26)
	Alternaria alternata	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (0.09)
	Fusarium	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.04)
	Aspergillus fumigatus	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	1 (0.04)