An Assessment of In Vitro Antifungal Activities of Efinaconazole and Itraconazole against Common Non-Dermatophyte Fungi Causing Onychomycosis.
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                  Onychomycosis is a fungal nail infection which is relatively common and difficult to treat. Treatment modalities include nail avulsion, surgical debridement and combination therapy with oral and topical antifungal drugs. In spite of a host of available drugs, clinical cure rates remain discouraging. Drug toxicities, prolonged regimens, lack of patient compliance, and high keratin affinity of drugs are all contributive factors. Efinaconazole is a novel topical triazole antifungal agent that has shown excellent in vitro activity against both dermatophyte and non-dermatophyte fungi causing onychomycosis. This study presents the in vitro susceptibility profiles of 44 common non-dermatophyte fungi against efinaconazole and itraconazole, another azole drug used in the treatment of onychomycosis.  | 
        
| Year of Publication |    :  
                  2017 
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| Journal |    :  
                  Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) 
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| Volume |    :  
                  3 
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| Issue |    :  
                  2 
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| Date Published |    :  
                  2017 
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| DOI |    :  
                  10.3390/jof3020020 
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| Short Title |    :  
                  J Fungi (Basel) 
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