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A double‐blind comparison of sulconazole nitrate 1% cream with clotrimazole 1% cream in the treatment of dermatophytoses
Author(s) -
LASSUS A.,
FORSTRÖM S.,
SALO O.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1983.tb00062.x
Subject(s) - clotrimazole , medicine , itching , erythema , dermatology , clinical trial , antifungal
SUMMARY Forty patients with dermatophytosis were treated with either sulconazole 1% cream or clotrimazole 1% cream (twenty patients in each group) twice daily for 4 weeks. Overall clinical improvement with respect to baseline at weeks 2, 3 and 4 favoured sulconazole‐treated patients (the differences were statistically significant). The weekly mean severity scores for the sulconazole‐treated patients for erythema, scaling, fissuring and itching were consistently lower than those for the clotrimazole‐treated patients and the differences were statistically significant for erythema and sealing. It was concluded that sulconazole nitrate 1% cream is very effective against various dermatophytoses.