Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients

Patients	Essential oil (n=30)	Ketoconazole (n=18)
Age (mean, [range])	14-65 (32.8 years)	13-56 (33.5 years)
Gender (M/F)	10 (33.3%)/ 20 (66.7%)	10 (55.5%)/ 8 (44.4%)
Skin color
White	16 (53.3%)	6 (33.3%)
Brown	12 (40.0%)	6 (33.3%)
Black	2 (6.7%)	6 (33.3%)
Site of the lesion
Face	1 (3.3%)	-
Front torso	4 (13.3%)	1 (5.5%)
Back torso	4 (13.3%)	3 (16.7%)
Upper limbs	7 (23.3%)	4 (22.%)
Lower limbs	1 (3.3%)	1 (5.5%)
Disseminated	13 (43.4%)	9 (50%)
Itch	12 (40.0%)	8 (44.4%)
Color of the lesion
Hypochromic	25 (83.3%)	14 (77.8%)
Hyperchromic	4 (13.3%)	3 (16.7%)
Erythematous	1 (3.3%)	1 (5.5%)
Type of lesion
Pityrosporum	6 (20.0%)	3 (16.7%)
Plates	23 (76.7%)	15 (83.3%)
Both	1 (3.3%)	-
Malassezia species
M. sympodialis	10 (33.3%)	6 (33.3%)
M. furfur	8 (26.7%)	2 (11.1%)
M. obtusa	1 (3.3%)	-
M. globosa	-	1 (5.5%)
M. sloofiae	-	1 (5.5%)
Malassezia spp	11 (36.7%)	8 (44.4%)

- : Not detected