TABLE 4.
Oral and selected topical azole antifungal agents for superficial mycoses
| Clinical use | Orala
|
Oral/topicala
|
Topical onlya
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITRA | FLUC | KETO | CLOT | ECON | MICO | OXIC | TERCb | TIOCb | |
| Mucocutaneous candidiasis | |||||||||
| Oropharyngeal | √c | √ | √d | √e | |||||
| Esophageal | √c | √ | √d | ||||||
| Vaginal/genital | √ | √g | √d | √g | √ | √g | √h | √h | |
| Cutaneous | √f | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Chronic | √f | √ | √ | ||||||
| Onychomycosis | |||||||||
| Candida | √ | √ | √ (T)a | √ | √ | ||||
| Dermatophytes | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √fh | |
| Dermatophytoses | |||||||||
| Tinea corporis/cruris | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Tinea pedis | √f | √f | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Tinea capitis/barbae | √f | √f | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Pityriasis (tinea) versicolor | √f | √f | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
ITRA, itraconazole; FLUC, fluconazole; KETO, ketoconazole; CLOT, clotrimazole; ECON, econazole; MICO, miconazole; OXIC, oxiconazole; TERC, terconazole; TIOC, tioconazole; (T), topical only.
For vaginal use only.
Oral solution.
Second-line azole.
Troches.
Promising.
CDC-recommended regimen.
Nail lacquer.