title: Studies on comparison of the efficacy of terbinafine 1% cream and butenafine 1% cream for the treatment of Tinea cruris.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this study, 76 male patients aged between 18 and 61 years affected with Tinea cruris attending the outpatient department of NRS Medical College during a 1-year period were selected.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients were divided into two groups as Regimen I (n 37) and Regimen II (n 39) who were treated with Terbinafine (gr I) cream and Butenafine (gr II) cream, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The predominant pathogen was found to be Trichophyton rubrum in 99% of cases. Mycological cure, overall cure and effective treatment were evaluated on 7, 14 and 42 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  From the study, it was found that Butenafine produced the quickest result and primary efficacy end points were much higher with Butenafine cream than that of Terbinafine cream and this difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sudip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Barbhuniya
authors.forename: Indranil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Kundu
keywords: Tinea cruris; butenafine cream; terbinafine cream