title: Treatment of otitis externa with miconazole nitrate. A comparative study involving 85 cases.
abstract: The hazards of neomycin in local preparations have recently been re-emphasized. Eighty-five patients with otitis externa were treated with one of two preparations between August 1980 and April 1982 -- 54 were treated with a cream containing miconazole nitrate and hydrocortisone (Daktacort; Janssen) and 31 with a preparation containing neomycin (Kenacomb; Squibb); Sixty eight per cent of the patients were cured within 1 week with both preparations. Most treatment failures were due to a resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The miconazole cream proved as effective as the preparation containing neomycin in the first-line treatment of otitis externa. A gentamicin-containing steroid ointment was effective against the Pseudomonas infection.
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008825:Miconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009355:Neomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D008825:Miconazole; D009355:Neomycin