Comparison of the efficacy and safety of oral fluconazole and topical clotrimazole in patients with candida balanitis

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-102

  Stary, A ^a   Soeltz Szoets, J ^b   Ziegler, C ^b   Kinghorn, G R ^c   Roy, R B ^d  

^a Outpatients' Center for Diagnosis of Infectious Venerodermatological Diseases   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanitis; Candida; Candidiasis; Clotrimazole; Fluconazole

Indexed keywords

CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 79960405066     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.72.2.98     Document Type: Article

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