Title: Onychomycosis Treated with Itraconazole or Griseofulvin Alone with and without a Topical Antimycotic or Keratolytic Agent
Abstract: Abstract: An open, comparative, randomized study was conducted using griseofulvin or itraconazole for the treatment of onychomycosis of the foot. Group I (45 patients) received itraconazole and Group II (45 patients) received griseofulvin. Each group was divided into three subgroups that received different topical treatment: antimycotic cream (isoconazole 1%), keratolytic cream (urea 40%), or placebo cream. The itraconazole group showed complete clearance in combination with isoconazole cream in 73.3% (11 of 15 patients), in combination with keratolytic cream in 78.5% (11 of 14 patients), and in combination with placebo cream in 91.6% (11 of 12 patients). The griseofulvin group showed complete clearance in combination with isoconazol cream in 46.1% (7 of 15 patients), in combination with keratolytic cream in 42.8% (6 of 15 patients), and in combination with placebo cream in 26.6% (4 of 15 patients). The itraconazole group showed better results compared with the griseofulvin group when the chi‐square statistical method was used.
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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