An open trial of the effect of a zinc pyrithione shampoo in tinea versicolor.

Abstract

The effect of zinc pyrithione 1 percent, incorporated in a shampoo, has been tested in an open trial of twenty patients with tinea versicolor. The period of treatment was two weeks, and eighteen patients returned for follow-up visits two weeks after the last day of treatment. All of these patients were cured of tinea versicolor clinically, under Wood's light, and microscopically. No side effects were noticed in any of the patients and the patients found the shampoo cosmetically acceptable.

• Authors: J Faergemann, T Fredriksson
• Journal: Cutis (Cutis) Vol. 25 Issue 6 Pg. 667, 669 (Jun 1980) ISSN: 0011-4162 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6991220 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents
• Hair Preparations
• Organometallic Compounds
• Pyridines
• pyrithione zinc

Topics

• Administration, Topical
• Antifungal Agents (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Hair Preparations (administration & dosage)
• Humans
• Male
• Organometallic Compounds
• Pyridines (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Tinea Versicolor (drug therapy)