[Effect of terbinafine in treating onychomycosis in children: clinical observation of 88 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect and safety of terbinafine in treating onychomycosis in children.


METHODS
Terbinafine was used to treat 50 children with fingernail onychomycosis and 38 with toenail onychomycosis, and the efficacy, fungal clearance and safety of the drug were evaluated.


RESULTS
The clinical cure rate and total effective rate were 92.1% and 97.37%, respectively, for fingernail onychomycosis, and 86.36% and 93.94% for toenail onychomycosis, with fungal clearance rate of 96.59%. No serious side-effects was observed in the children receiving terbinafine therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
Terbinafine is effective and safe for the treatment of onychomycosis in children.
Wen
Ju
J
Department of Dermatology, Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510317, China.
Lin
Zhong-fang
ZF
D000293:Adolescent; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077291:Terbinafine
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D000077291:Terbinafine