SULCONAZOLE IN THE THERAPY OF DERMATOMYCOSES IN NIGERIA

A 1% cream of sulconazole nitrate, an imidazole derivative, was used t o treat 38 patients with diverse clinical types of dermatomycoses, inc luding 16 cases of pityriasis versicolor, 14 of dermatophytosis (tinea pedis, tinea cruris, tinea corporis), two of balanoposthitis due to C andida albicans, another two of candidosis of the groin, one each of g roin and foot infection due to Trichosporon beigelii and one case each of lesions of the hand and trunk caused by Petriellidium boydii and S cytalidium hyalinum respectively. A complete cure was achieved in 91% of patients, with resolution of the lesions in the majority within 2-4 weeks. There were only two relapses. Sulconazole is recommended as an effective drug for topical treatment of superficial fungal infections of the skin.