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We present a case of a 73-year-old woman who presented with chronic watery diarrhea, weight loss, and frequent sinus and nail fungal infections. Her previous workup with a gastroenterologist failed to reveal any causative agent for her symptoms. She considered herself healthy until a thymic tumor
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of fluconazole for the treatment of onychomycosis.
METHODS
Searches of MEDLINE (1966-May 2009) and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1970-May 2009) were performed. Key search terms included fluconazole and onychomycosis. In addition, reference citations from
Toenail tinea is a very recalcitrant dermatosis. Griseofulvin at > or = 500 mg/day is the current medication of choice, but it is minimally successful. In a controlled open trial ultramicrosize griseofulvin (UMSG) at doses of 660 and 990 mg/day was compared with itraconazole at 100 mg/day in 109
This study examined the safety of itraconazole for the treatment of onychomycosis in patients with diabetes mellitus compared with standard palliative treatment. Fifty-two diabetic subjects in a large Veterans Affairs health system who had been diagnosed as having lower-extremity complications and