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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method conformed to the actual state of onychomycosis and attaining the quantitative evaluation of the effect of an antifungal agent or an antifungal preparation. <P>SOLUTION: The method for evaluating the antifungal property of an antifungal agent or a composition containing the antifungal agent includes infecting a nail sample with fungi, then disposing the nail sample on a plate medium inoculated with fungi, applying a composition containing the antifungal agent or antifungal preparation onto the nail sample for culture, and evaluating the amount of fungi in the nail sample and the plate medium using an ATP bioluminescence method. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |