Treatment of tinea versicolor with sulfur-salicylic shampoo.
One week of nightly application of sulfur-salicylic acid shampoo as a lotion was evaluated for the treatment of tinea versicolor. One half of the randomly allocated patients used the active preparation and the other half used a bland oil-in-water lotion as a placebo. Three months after completing treatment, nineteen of twenty-two using sulfur-salicylic acid shampoo were still negative by KOH examination, whereas only one of sixteen controls was negative. Skin irritation occurred in a few patients but did not reduce the effectiveness of the treatment.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006203:Hair Preparations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012459:Salicylates / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D020156:Salicylic Acid; D013455:Sulfur / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000628:therapy*
D004338:Drug Combinations; D006203:Hair Preparations; D012459:Salicylates; D013455:Sulfur; D020156:Salicylic Acid