The efficacy and safety of sertaconazole cream on infant dermatitis candidiasis
CAI Qing
DAI He-jun
GAO Zhiqing
YANG Hong
REN Xiang-yu
ZHANG Min
YANG Lian-juan
Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of sertaconazole cream on infant suffering from dermatitis candidiasis.Method Twenty?six patients with clinical and mycological diagnosis of dermatitis candidiasis were enrolled. Patients were treated with twice daily applications of sertaconazole cream for 14 days and were followed?up for 2 further weeks.Results Twen?ty?two Candida albicans and four non?Candida albicans were isolated in twenty?six infants.The treatment evaluation after 7 days treat?ment showed that more than 75% of average signs decreased from 6 to 1.35.There was a total clinical cure in 57.69%,improvement in 92.3% and mycological cure in 88.46% after 7 days treatment.At the time of 14 days follow?up,there was a total clinical and myco?logical cure in 92.3%.91.67% cure infants had not recurred at the end of the follow?up period.There was side effect in only one pa?tient.Conclusions Based on its safety and effectiveness,sertaconazole cream may be considered a new alternative for infant dermati?tis candidiasis treatment.
Keywords：Sertaconazoledermatitis candidiasisantifungalinfant
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 115-117 )