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Descriptor English: Paronychia
Descriptor Spanish: Paroniquia
Descriptor paroniquia
Scope note: Reacción inflamatoria que afecta a los pliegues de la piel que rodean las uñas de los dedos. Se caracteriza por inflamación aguda o crónica purulenta, molesta y dolorosa de los tejidos que rodean las uñas, producida por un abceso del pliegue ungueal. La levadura patógena que con mayor frecuencia causa la paroniquia es Candida albicans. Los hongos saprofitos también pueden producirla. Las bacterias causales suelen ser Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa o Streptococcus. (Andrews Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p. 271)
Descriptor Portuguese: Paroniquia
Descriptor French: Paronychie
Entry term(s): Paronychias
Tree number(s): C01.800.460
C17.800.529.639
C17.800.838.486
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010304
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: infect dis of skin surrounding nail; coord IM with specific infect (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10493
Unique ID: D010304
NLM Classification: WR 475
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2001/07/25
Paronychia - Preferred
Concept UI M0015972
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Paronychia
Entry term(s) Paronychias



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