title: Propylene glycol in the treatment of tinea versicolor.
abstract: Twenty patients with tinea versicolor were treated with propylene glycol 50% in water twice daily for 2 weeks. All of these were cured when seen 2 weeks after the last day of treatment. The patients found the treatment cosmetically attractive and only 2 patients complained of a slight burning sensation in the skin after application of the solution.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011409:Propylene Glycols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D011409:Propylene Glycols