THE POTENTIAL FOR TERBINAFINE IN NON-DERMATOPHYTE FUNGAL-INFECTIONS WITH OR WITHOUT SKIN INVOLVEMENT

Fungal infections with skin involvement in which terbinafine can poten tially be used include Malassezia infections such as pityriasis versic olor, seborrhoeic dermatitis and dandruff; mucosal and cutaneous Candi da infections; and the traditional subcutaneous mycoses such as sporot richosis, chromoblastomycosis, mycetoma and phaeohyphomycosis. The use of terbinafine in the treatment of systemic mycoses such as aspergill osis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, Pneumocystis cari nii infection and Penicillium marneffei infection also needs to be inv estigated.