Table 2. Review of five years’ literature on management of cases of entomophthoromycosis.
Authors | Country | Number of patients | Treatment modalities | Drugs used | Duration of treatment, months |
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Yu et al,3 2014 | China | 1 | Surgical and Medical | Itraconazole | 9 |
Raveenthiran et al,4 2015 | India | 16 | Surgical and Medical | KI. In one case itraconazole was added | 2–8 |
Cherian et al,5 2015 | India | 1 | Surgical and Medical | Itraconazole and terbinafine | 6 |
Arora et al,62016 | India | 1 | Medical | KI and itraconazole | 1 |
Gupta et al,7 2016 | India | 10 | Medical | KI, itraconazole, amphotericin B, and fluconazole | 6–9 |
Cao et al,8 2018 | China | 1 | Medical | KI, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and itraconazole | 6 |
Deak et al,9 2018 | UAE | 1 | Surgical and Medical | Itraconazole | 18 |
Gupta et al,10 2018 | India | 2 | Medical | KI and itraconazole/ voriconazole | 5 and 6 |
Das et al,11 2019 | India | 6 | Medical | KI, itraconazole, fluconazole, ketoconazole, terbinafine, and steroids | 5–6 |
Chaiyasate et al,12 2020 | Thailand | 3 | Medical | Itraconazole, KI, and cotrimoxazole | 6–12 |
Wankhade et al,13 2020 |
India | 2 | Surgical and Medical | Amphotericin | 1 |
Sigera et al,14 2020 | Sri Lanka | 3 | Surgical and Medical | Itraconazole and terbinafine/amphotericin | 4–6 |
Dutta et al,15 2020 | India | 1 | Medical | KI and itraconazole | 6 |
KI: potassium iodide.