Nail Fungus Infection
DNA extraction and real-time polymerase chain reaction
within 48 hours
Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Trichophyton rubrum, Enterococcus floccosum, Microsporum canis, Alternaria, Aspergillus spp, Scytalidium dimidiatum, Acremonium spp , Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida krusei , Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Trichosporon, Cryptococcus, Meyerozyma guilliermondii
Nail
0.5 cm of dry nail
Dry container
Clean nail area with 70% alcohol. Clip or scrape the abnormal nail and fungal growth. Collect material into a dry specimen container
72 hours
Room temperature or refrigerated.
None
P030, P029, P002