paronychia
MONDO:0005898Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names paronychia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An acute or chronic infection of the soft tissues around the nail. Symptoms include pain, tenderness, erythema, and swelling around the nail. Acute infection results from minor trauma to the fingertip and Staphylococcus aureus is usually the causative agent. Chronic infection is usually caused by Candida albicans.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005898), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
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Other names
1 name
Resolves to: paronychia
- Also called
- paronychia (disease)