PMID- 24050080
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131029
LR  - 20130920
IS  - 0125-1562 (Print)
IS  - 0125-1562 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 May
TI  - Prevalence of toenail onychomycosis among diabetics at a primary care facility in 
      Malaysia.
PG  - 479-83
AB  - Onychomycosis increases the risk of developing secondary bacterial infection and 
      cellulitis if left untreated. The aim of this study was to determine the 
      prevalence of onychomycosis among diabetics and its associated factors. A cross 
      sectional study using universal sampling of all type 1 and 2 diabetic patients 
      attending a primary care facility of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 
      from January to March 2011 was conducted. Samples were taken from clinically 
      abnormal nails and from the first right toenail in the absence of nail 
      abnormalities and cultured for fungal elements. A total of 151 diabetics 
      participated in the study. The mean patient age was 60.7 +/- 9.1 years. A total 
      of 123 nail samples (81.5%) were culture positive for fungal elements. A positive 
      correlation was found between onychomycosis and increasing age (p = 0.011) and 
      clinically abnormal nails (p < 0.05). There were no significant correlations with 
      gender, ethnic group, duration of diabetes, types of diabetes or glycemic 
      control. The prevalence of onychomycosis among diabetics in our study was high.
FAU - Leelavathi, M
AU  - Leelavathi M
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. drleelaraj@gmail.com
FAU - Azimah, M N
AU  - Azimah MN
FAU - Kharuddin, N F
AU  - Kharuddin NF
FAU - Tzar, M N
AU  - Tzar MN
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Thailand
TA  - Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
JT  - The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
JID - 0266303
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Ambulatory Care Facilities/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Complications/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Malaysia/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Nails/*microbiology
MH  - Onychomycosis/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Primary Health Care/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Toes/microbiology
EDAT- 2013/09/21 06:00
MHDA- 2013/10/30 06:00
CRDT- 2013/09/21 06:00
PHST- 2013/09/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/09/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/10/30 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2013 May;44(3):479-83.