Fungal cultures on cyanoacrylate skin surface strippings as a dose-finding method for topical antifungals. A placebo-controlled study with 0.25% and 0.50% itraconazole cream.

The antimycotic activities of 0.25% and 0.50% itraconazole cream were compared in the stratum corneum after once-daily applications for 1 week.

Ketoconazole 2% emulsion in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis.

Fifty patients (42 men, 8 women) with seborrheic dermatitis were included in the trial. Ketoconazole 2% emulsion or the same emulsion without active drug was applied b.i.

The in vitro antifungal activity of ketoconazole, zinc pyrithione, and selenium sulfide against Pityrosporum and their efficacy as a shampoo in the treatment of experimental pityrosporosis in guinea pigs.

The fungistatic and fungicidal activity of ketoconazole, zinc pyrithione, and selenium sulfide against Pityrosporum, a yeast thought to play a pathogenic role in seborrheic dermatitis and dandruff, was assessed in Dixon broth for Pityrosporum ovale and Sabouraud broth for Pityrosporum pachydermatis. Ketoconazole inhibited growth at concentrations ranging from 0.001 to 1 micrograms/ml.