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Paronychia (Nail Infection) (cont.)

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Author: Christina L Kukula, DO, Consulting Staff, Walk-in-Care Center, Bon Secours Venice Hospital.

Coauthor(s): Scott D Fell, DO, FAAEM, Medical Director, Emergency Care Center, Bon Secours Venice Hospital.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James Quinn, MD, Director of Research Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine University of California at San Francisco Medical Center.

Last Editorial Review: 10/20/2005

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A paronychia is a superficial infection of epithelium lateral to the nail plate.

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