Topical treatment of dermatophytosis and cutaneous candidosis with flutrimazole 1% cream: Double-blind, randomized comparative trial with ketoconazole 2% cream

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 649-655

  Del Palacio, Amalia ^a   Cuétara, Saledad ^a   Pérez, Ana ^a   Garau, Margarita ^a   Calvo, Teresa ^a   Sánchez Alor, Gracia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimycotic chemotherapy; Candidosis; Cutaneous infection; Dermatophytosis; Flutrimazole; Ketoconazole; Topical therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUSPORAN; FLUTRIMAZOLE; FUNCENAL; KETOCONAZOLE; MICETAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033384069     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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