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METHODS: The identification of the fungi relied upon the combined results of mycological examination, culture isolation and micro cultures observation under light microscopy from nail and interdigital scales, which were collected from 35 elderly with a clinical suspicion of onychomycosis and a control group (9 elderly with healthy interdigital space and nails). Both groups were institutionalized in two nursing homes in Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil. RESULTS: The nail scrapings showed 51.40% positivity. Of these, dermatophytes were found in 44.40% isolates, 27.78% identified as Trichophyton rubrum and 5.56% each as Trichophyton tonsurans, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum gypseum. The second more conspicuous group showed 38.89% yeasts: 16.67% Candida guilliermondii, 11.11% Candida parapsilosis, 5.56% Candida glabrata, and 5.56% Trichosporon asahii. A third group displayed 16.70% filamentous fungi, like Fusarium sp, Aspergillus sp and Neoscytalidium sp (5.56% each). The interdigital scrapings presented a positivity rate of 14.29%. The agents were coincident with the fungi that caused the onychomycosis. In the control group, Candida guilliermondii was found at interdigital space in one person. CONCLUSION: Employing a combination of those identification methods, we found no difference between the etiology of the institutionalized elderly onychomycosis from that reported in the literature for the general population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1590\/abd1806-4841.20131884","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,7,11]],"date-time":"2013-07-11T14:29:05Z","timestamp":1373552945000},"page":"377-380","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Identification of fungi species in the onychomycosis of institutionalized elderly"],"prefix":"10.1590","volume":"88","author":[{"given":"Cidia","family":"Vasconcellos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Sao Paulo; Institute of Medical Assistance to the State Public Server; University of the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carolina Queiroz Moreira","family":"Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Sao Paulo, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marta Cristina","family":"Souza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Pelegrini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roseli Santos","family":"Freitas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Sao Paulo, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juliana Possato","family":"Takahashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sao Paulo State University, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"530","reference":[{"key":"ref1","first-page":"213","article-title":"Clinico-mycological study of onychomycosis in elderly patients","volume":"35","author":"Rodrigues-Soto ME","year":"1993","journal-title":"Rev Inst Med Trop S\u00e3o Paulo"},{"key":"ref2","first-page":"415","article-title":"Onychomycosis: rationalization of topical treatment","volume":"10","author":"Shemer A","year":"2008","journal-title":"Isr Med Assoc J"},{"key":"ref3","first-page":"299","article-title":"Occurrence of onychomycosis among patients attended in dermatology offices in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil","volume":"78","author":"Araujo AJG","year":"2003","journal-title":"An Bras Dermatol"},{"key":"ref4","first-page":"518","article-title":"Study with elderly from asylums in Natal\/RN: socioeconomic and health characteristics","volume":"12","author":"Davim RBM","year":"2004","journal-title":"Rev. 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