Therapy of common superficial fungal infections

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 517-522

  Huang, David B ^a,b   Ostrosky Zeichner, Luis ^b   Wu, Jashin J ^c   Pang, Katie R ^d   Tyring, Stephen K ^e,f  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR CLINICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Superficial; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; BUTENAFINE; CICLOPIROX; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CISAPRIDE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DOFETILIDE; ECONAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; GRISTATIN; HALOPROGIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEVINOLIN; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; MIDAZOLAM; NAFTIFINE; NYSTATIN; OXICONAZOLE; PIMOZIDE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; QUINIDINE; SIMVASTATIN; SULCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; TOLNAFTATE; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EPIDERMOPHYTON; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MICROSPORUM; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 10644276239     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1396-0296.2004.04055.x     Document Type: Review

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