title: An overview of experience with ketoconazole shampoo.
abstract: The spectrum of disease known as dandruff/seborrhoeic dermatitis has been shown to be due to infection of the skin by the Pityrosporon species of fungus. Ketoconazole shampoo has been shown to suppress effectively both the organism's growth and the symptoms and signs of the clinical disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dryburn City Hospital, Durham.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Ive
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008290:Malassezia; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012643:Selenium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018036:Selenium Compounds
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D012643:Selenium; D007654:Ketoconazole; C025698:selenium disulfide