Treatment of tinea pedis with socks containing copper-oxide impregnated fibers

Foot

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 136-141

  Zatcoff, Richard C ^a   Smith, Michael S ^b   Borkow, Gadi ^c  

^a Upstate Podiatry   (United States)

^b Cupron Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Cupron Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Copper oxide; Socks; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; COPPER DERIVATIVE; COPPER OXIDE; LINEZOLID; POLYESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MYCOSIS; ODOR; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN FISSURE; SOCKS; TEXTILE FIBER; TINEA PEDIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOTHING; COPPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYESTERS; TINEA PEDIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50849088971     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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