R. A. El Tatawy

Comparative Study between Polymerase Chain Reaction and Conventional Methods Used for Diagnosis of Clinically Suspected Onychomycosis

M. A. Abd El-Wahab, W. S. El Naghy & R. A. El Tatawy · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Background: Proper treatment of onychomycosis depends mainly on accurate diagnosis. Diagnosis using conventional methods (direct microscopy and culture) is still insensitive and time consuming so we aimed to evaluate the commercially available PCR as a rapid method used for detec...