Table 2.
Frequency distribution of clinical onychomycosis based on the sites of infection and causative fungal agents
Fungal agents | Gender and clinical site |
Total |
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Fingernail (n=35) |
Toenail (n=105) |
n (%) | |||
Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | ||
Dermatophyte | 2 (15.3) | - | 2 (6) | 3 (8) | 7 (6.8) |
Non-dermatophyte | 9 (69.2) | 20 (91) | 25 (81) | 31 (84) | 85 (82.5) |
Yeast | - | - | - | 1 (2.7) | 1 (.9) |
Sterile hyphae | 2 (15.3) | 2 (9.09) | 4 (13) | 2 (5.4) | 10 (9.7) |
Total | 13 (100) | 22 (100) | 31 (100) | 37 (100) | 103 (100) |