@article {StCBarnetson:October 1998:0007-0963:675,
	author = "StCBarnetson,",
	author = "Marley,",
	author = "Bullen,",
	author = "Brookman,",
	author = "Cowen,",
	author = "Ellis,",
	author = "Williams,",
	title = "Comparison of one week of oral terbinafine (250mg/day) with four weeks of treatment with clotrimazole 1% cream in interdigital tinea pedis",
	journal = "British Journal of Dermatology",
	volume = "139",
	year = "October 1998",
	abstract = "Treatment of interdigital tinea pedis often involves long-term therapy with topically applied preparations. Effective oral preparations, such as the allylamine terbinafine (Lamisil), taken over a shorter period, could provide a useful therapeutic alternative. A total of 269 patients from five centres with clinically diagnosed interdigital tinea pedis were entered into this double-blind, randomized, double-dummy, parallel-group study comparing oral terbinafine 250 mg once daily for 1 week with 1% clotrimazole (Canesten) cream applied twice daily for 4 weeks. Of these, 137 patients were evaluable for efficacy (confirmed dermatophyte infection by microscopy and culture): 63 terbinafine and 74 clotrimazole. At week 4, the mycological cure rates (negative culture at week 1 and negative results on microscopy and culture at week 4 onwards) were very similar (71% for clotrimazole and 72% for terbinafine). There was a faster response rate in the terbinafine group with respect to signs and symptoms at week 1. Both treatments were equally well tolerated; adverse events occurred equally in the two groups. In conclusion, oral terbinafine in a single daily dose of 250 mg for 1 week is as effective and as well tolerated as 1% clotrimazole cream applied twice daily for 4 weeks in the treatment of interdigital tinea pedis.",
	pages = "675-678(4)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/bjd/1998/00000139/00000004/art00017"
	doi = "doi:10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02466.x"
}