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case_images: A and B) Distal lateral subungual onychomycosis of the right and left hallux
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case_images: Clinical dermatological examination showed chromonychia, onycholysis, and thickening of the nail plates of both hallux, characteristic of distal lateral subungual onychomycosis ( Figure 1 ).
case_images: A and B) Cladosporium spp microculture showing the same morphologies: dark conidiophores with branches at the apex and dark, ovoid, or cylindrical branched conidiophores
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case_images: Direct microscopic examination (DME) of culture slides with potassium hydroxide (KOH) without staining revealed dark conidiophores with branches at the apex; and dark, branched, ovoid or cylindrical conidiospores ( Figure 2 ), which are phenotypic characteristics of Cladosporium spp. ( )