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What are your top takeaways from AAD 2023?

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Dermatology · Weill Cornell Medical College
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Top 3 takeaways:

  1. Confirmatory testing for onychomycosis is our responsibility as dermatologists and is cost-effective. Options for mycologic confirmation include KOH with microscopy, fungal culture, PCR, and histopathology.
  2. Terbinafine failures for onychomycosis may be due to non-compliance with treatment, the presence of dermatophytomas, the presence of non-dermatophyte molds, or terbianfine-resistant T. Rubrum isolates. We now have the ability to test for terbinafine resistance.
  3. The mainstay ...

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