Estudo aberto prospectivo de 30 pacientes com onicomicose por Scytalidium spp. tratados com terbinafina oral, ciclopiroxolamina esmalte e onicoabrasão

• Autor(a) principal: Cursi, ígor Brum
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/8696
• topic: Onychomycosis; Non-dermatophyte moulds; Therapy; Onicomicose; Fungos filamentosos não dermatófitos; Terapia; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Onychomycosis is a general term used to define a fungal infection of the nail. It s officials may be dermatophytes, yeasts and non-dermatophyte moulds. These are commonly found in nature as soil saprophytes and plant remains and plant pathogens. In recent years fungi have been considered primary pathogens of skin lesions. The main ones are Scopulariopsis and Scytalidium spp. There isn t by now a standard therapy for treatment of onychomycosis by Scytalidium spp., and there are few data in the literature. To evaluate and compare the therapeutic response to three different approaches of combined treatment of onychomycosis by Scytalidium spp., all associated with onicoabrasão. We selected 30 patients diagnosed with onychomycosis caused by Scytalidium spp, divided into three groups, each receiving the following treatments, besides receiving mechanical abrasion: Group I: oral terbinafine and ciclopirox 8% nail polish twice a week for 12 months; Groups II and III: Nail polish of ciclopirox 8% two and five times per week, respectively, for 12 months. Twenty-five patients completed the study. There was no statistical difference between groups in the various parameters used to evaluate therapeutic response. The evaluation of the therapeutic result shows that after 12 months of treatment only one patient met the criteria for cure, and that 32% of patients in all groups showed partial healing. All patients who completed the study achieved clinical improvement, which persisted during the follow-up period. The presence of fungi in the nail plate was constant, even with clinical improvement. Although one cannot say what the best form of intervention among the three therapeutic proposals due to the small number of patients studied, it appears in this study there was no advantage in the concomitant administration of systemic therapy. One may consider that topical therapy alone, or two or five times a week may be more suitable option for the treatment of onychomycosis caused by Scytalidium spp.