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Treatment of Onychomycosis: An Update
Fungal infections of skin are one of the most common infections in human beings. The areas which are likely to get infected include the scalp, the hands and the feet. Dermatophytes, yeasts and moulds are the three major fungi responsible for skin infections. Earlier oral antifungal agents were used...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040862/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21369429 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.49088 |
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author | Shirwaikar, A. A. Thomas, T. Shirwaikar, A. Lobo, R. Prabhu, K. S. |
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description | Fungal infections of skin are one of the most common infections in human beings. The areas which are likely to get infected include the scalp, the hands and the feet. Dermatophytes, yeasts and moulds are the three major fungi responsible for skin infections. Earlier oral antifungal agents were used for treatment of fungal infection in finger and toe nails. The disadvantages of oral antifungal agents are toxicity and longer treatment period. Now medicated nail lacquers have been developed for the treatment of fungal infections i.e. onychomycosis, which has less toxicity and shorter treatment period. |
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spelling | pubmed-30408622011-03-02 Treatment of Onychomycosis: An Update Shirwaikar, A. A. Thomas, T. Shirwaikar, A. Lobo, R. Prabhu, K. S. Indian J Pharm Sci Review Article Fungal infections of skin are one of the most common infections in human beings. The areas which are likely to get infected include the scalp, the hands and the feet. Dermatophytes, yeasts and moulds are the three major fungi responsible for skin infections. Earlier oral antifungal agents were used for treatment of fungal infection in finger and toe nails. The disadvantages of oral antifungal agents are toxicity and longer treatment period. Now medicated nail lacquers have been developed for the treatment of fungal infections i.e. onychomycosis, which has less toxicity and shorter treatment period. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC3040862/ /pubmed/21369429 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.49088 Text en © Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Shirwaikar, A. A. Thomas, T. Shirwaikar, A. Lobo, R. Prabhu, K. S. Treatment of Onychomycosis: An Update |
title | Treatment of Onychomycosis: An Update |
title_full | Treatment of Onychomycosis: An Update |
title_fullStr | Treatment of Onychomycosis: An Update |
title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of Onychomycosis: An Update |
title_short | Treatment of Onychomycosis: An Update |
title_sort | treatment of onychomycosis: an update |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040862/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21369429 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.49088 |
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