title: Treatment of superficial candidiasis with bifonazole 1% gel.
abstract: Sixty-one patients with superficial candidiasis, confirmed on entry by clinical examination and mycological culture, were treated with a single daily application of a 1% bifonazole gel over a period of 4 weeks. Patients were seen every week during treatment and then followed-up for 2 weeks. An overall assessment of response to treatment, based on the clinical and mycological culture findings at the 14-day follow-up visit, showed that the results were very good in 49 and moderate in 9 patients, with only 3 patients being considered as failing to respond. Local tolerance was very good, but burning was reported by 1 patient, burning and itching by 1, and ardor and irritation by one. All these side-effects occurred at the start of treatment and they subsided without interruption of bifonazole treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002179:Candidiasis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D005782:Gels; D007093:Imidazoles; C036596:bifonazole