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Terbinafin 1 cream and ketoconazole 2 cream in the treatment of pityriasis versicolor: A randomized comparative clinical trial

(2014) Terbinafin 1 cream and ketoconazole 2 cream in the treatment of pityriasis versicolor: A randomized comparative clinical trial. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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Abstract

Objective: To make a comparison between terbinafine 1 cream and ketoconazole 2 cream in the treatment of pityriasis versicolor. Methods: This randomized single blind study included 110 patients with clinical diagnosis of pityriasis versicolor and positive mycological test for Malassezia furfur. The patients were randomly assigned to two groups. Group 1 used terbinafine cream and group 2 applied ketoconazole cream on the skin lesions for two weeks. Each group consisted of 55 patients. Clinical and mycological examinations were performed at baseline, at the end of the 2nd, 4th and 8th week of starting the treatment regimens. Results: At the end of the 2nd week we achieved cure rates of 72 and 64.3 for group 1 and group 2 respectively. At the end of the 4th week the respective cure rates for group 1 and group 2 were 81.2 and 69, and at the end of the 8th week 70.8 of the patients in group 1 and 61.9 of the patients in group 2 were cured. Conclusion: The results of this study showed no significant statistical differences between the two groups in regard to cure and recurrence rates. But the numbers of cured patients were higher and recurrent cases were lower in group 1. © 2014, Professional Medical Publications, All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: ketoconazole; terbinafine, adult; Article; controlled study; cream; drug effect; drug efficacy; female; human; major clinical study; Malassezia furfur; male; randomized controlled trial; recurrence risk; single blind procedure; tinea versicolor
Journal or Publication Title: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume: 30
Number: 6
Publisher: Professional Medical Publications
Identification Number: 10.12669/pjms.306.5509
ISSN: 1682024X
Depositing User: مهندس جمال محمودپور
URI: http://eprints.muk.ac.ir/id/eprint/986

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