Diseases

Paronychia

An inflammatory reaction involving the folds of the skin surrounding the fingernail. It is characterized by acute or chronic purulent, tender, and painful swellings of the tissues around the nail, caused by an abscess of the nail fold. The pathogenic yeast causing paronychia is most frequently Candida albicans. Saprophytic fungi may also be involved. The causative bacteria are usually Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Streptococcus. (Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p271)

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An inflammatory reaction involving the folds of the skin surrounding the fingernail. It is characterized by acute or chronic purulent, tender, and painful swellings of the tissues around the nail, caused by an abscess of the nail fold. The pathogenic yeast causing paronychia is most frequently Candida albicans. Saprophytic fungi may also be involved. The causative bacteria are usually Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Streptococcus. (Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p271)

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  • Paronychias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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infect dis of skin surrounding nail; coord IM with specific infect (IM)

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  1. C01w.800w.460w
  2. C17.800w.529w.639w
  3. C17.800w.838w.486w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Paronychia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010304. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010304
  2. Paronychia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paronychia
  3. Paronychia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3896379