title: Comparison of clotrimazole, fluconazole and itraconazole in vaginal candidiasis.
abstract: Women attending a genitourinary medicine clinic (n = 229) with mycologically confirmed acute vulvovaginal candidiasis were randomised to receive either clotrimazole (500 mg pessary and 1% cream), fluconazole (150 mg single oral dose) or itraconazole (200 mg bd oral dose for 1 day). Mycological cure rates were 96% in the itraconazole group, 95% in the clotrimazole group, and 83% in the fluconazole group (P = 0.008). The proportion of patients who were clinically cured showed a similar pattern (itraconazole 80%, clotrimazole 80%, fluconazole 62%). This suggests that itraconazole or clotrimazole are more effective than fluconazole in the treatment of acute vaginal candidiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003022:Clotrimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010570:Pessaries; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D017964:Itraconazole; D015725:Fluconazole; D003022:Clotrimazole