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SUBMITTER: Kukhar Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7712765 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 20201125 4
We report the first case of non-dermatophytic onychomycosis of the toenail described in Kazakhstan caused by <i>Candida parapsilosis</i>. The biological properties of the strain were studied. <i>C. parapsilosis</i> forms white creamy colonies, smooth with focal wrinkles, and the reversum is light-yellow. The culture of <i>C. parapsilosis</i> is represented by a yeast form, characterized by the presence of round or cylindrical yeast cells with active budding. The strain has a high saccharolytic a ...[more]