Table 2.

Clinical and mycological assessment after 4 weeks of therapy

		Group 1 (n = 80)		Group 2 (n = 80)		Group 3 (n = 80)
		Baseline	28 days	Baseline	28 days	baseline	28 days
Scale	Present	80	17	79	25	80	26
	Absent	0	63	1	55	0	54
Pruritus	Present	67	26	64	37	63	28
	Absent	13	54	16	43	17	52
Disease activity score		4.7 ± 1.5	2.2 ± 1.2	4.5 ± 1.6	2.5 ± 1.4	4.6 ± 1.4	2.5 ± 1.2
Decrease in DAS		2.5 ± 1.1		2.0 ± 1.0		2.1 ± 0.8
Mycological culture	Positive	80	15	80	27	80	32
	Negative	0	65	0	53	0	48