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Background
Onychomycosis was an ignored disease in children, and the prevalence was still unknown worldwide.
Objectives
This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and treatment regimens of onychomycosis in children younger than 18 years old.
Methods
We systemically reviewed all publications by searching the key terms to reveal the onychomycosis in children from 1990 to 2022.
Results...
Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail plate or nail bed. It does not usually cure itself and it can trigger more infectious lesions in other parts of the body. The reported prevalence of onychomycosis is increasing in Western countries, presumably due to lifestyle changes and the ageing of the population. Approximately 10% of the general population, 20% of the population aged >60 years,...
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