(paronychia) An acute (usually bacterial) or chronic (usually fungal) infection of the soft tissue around the nail.

(paronychia) 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.

(paronychia) An inflammatory reaction involving the folds of the skin surrounding the fingernail. It is characterized by acute or chronic purulent, tender, and painful swellings of the tissues around the nail, caused by an abscess of the nail fold. The pathogenic yeast causing paronychia is most frequently Candida albicans. Saprophytic fungi may also be involved. The causative bacteria are usually Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Streptococcus. (Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p271)

(paronychia) The nail disease paronychia is an often-tender bacterial or fungal hand infection or foot infection where the nail and skin meet at the side or the base of a finger or toenail. The infection can start suddenly (acute paronychia) or gradually (chronic paronychia).

(paronychia) A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the soft tissues around the nail.

Paronychia is a soft tissue infection around a fingernail. More specifically, it is a superficial infection of epithelium lateral to the nail plate that begins as cellulitis but that may progress to a definite abscess.

Paronychia means inflammation of the nail apparatus. Acute paronychias are infections of the periungual tissues, usually presenting with an acutely painful, purulent infection.Chronic paronychia represents barrier damage to the protective nail tissues, including the cuticle and the proximal and lateral nail folds. The altered nail...