Comparison Of Therapeutic Effectiveness With Clotrimazole 1% Cream With Terbinafine 1% Cream In Patients Therapy Given To Tinea Corporis And Tinea Cruris In Kashan
Background and Aim: Dermatophytosis is a skin infection without involving of hair, and in fact, Tinea cruris is a form of body Dermatophytosis. For treatment of these two diseases, topical azole or Alylamines are usually used. The aim of this study was to determine the therapeutic effectiveness of T...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2015-11-01
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| Series: | پیاورد سلامت |
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| Online Access: | http://payavard.tums.ac.ir/article-1-5805-en.html |
| Summary: | Background and Aim: Dermatophytosis is a skin infection without involving of hair, and in fact, Tinea cruris is a form of body Dermatophytosis. For treatment of these two diseases, topical azole or Alylamines are usually used. The aim of this study was to determine the therapeutic effectiveness of Terbinafine 1% and clotrimazole 1%, respectively.
Materials and Methods: 100 patients suspected to Tinea body, and 50 patients direct suspected to Tinea cruris referred to Reference Laboratory of Kashan were selected randomly at one year, prepared smear with 10% KOH, and SCC culture media. 1% cream of Clotrimazole or Terbinafine prescribed 2 and 4 weeks. Then patients recovery was studied for clinical and laboratory results. The data was collected and analyzed by SPSS and Duncan procedure.
Results: After 2 weeks, clotrimazole was more effective than Terbinafine in the treatment of patients infected by Tinea of the body, but equally effective in patients therapy with Tinea cruris By Terbinafine. As a whole, Clotrimazole was more effective than Terbinafine. However, this differences was not significant (P>0/432).
Conclusion: Clotrimazole is our drug choice for therapy of Dermatophytosis and Tinea cruris, in spite of new drugs, for example Terbinafine. |
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| ISSN: | 1735-8132 2008-2665 |