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Clinical trial with clotrimazole cream (Bay b 5097) in dermatophytosis and onychomycosis

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Locally applied clotrimazole (Canesten) proved to be effective in the treatment of dermatophytosis. It was also effective but to a lesser degree in cases of Onychomycosis mostly due toCandida albicans. The drug was well tolerated.

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  1. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 102, Khartoum, Sudan

    El Sheikh Mahgoub

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Mahgoub, E.S. Clinical trial with clotrimazole cream (Bay b 5097) in dermatophytosis and onychomycosis. Mycopathologia 56, 149–152 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02093313

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