Determination of the efficacy of terbinafine hydrochloride nail solution in the topical treatment of dermatophytosis in a guinea pig model

Mycoses

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^a,b   Long, Lisa ^b   Pfister, William R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NexMed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal agent; Dermatophytosis; Efficacy; Enhancer; Guinea pig model; Terbinafine HCl nail solution

Indexed keywords

CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; DODECYL 2 N,N DIMETHYLAMINOPROPIONATE; NEXACT 88; PENETRATION ENHANCING AGENT; TERBINAFINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DERMATOMYCOSES; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; PYRIDONES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; CAVIA;

EID: 57649155046     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01540.x     Document Type: Article

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