Eficacia del tratamiento con fluconazol de los pacientes con tiña pedis, atendidos en consulta de dermatología del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso

Abstract

This study is a longitudinal, relevant and experimental study on the efficacy of fluconazole 150 mg / week vs. 300 mg / week for 8 weeks, 70 patients with tinea pedis treated in outpatient dermatology Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital between August 2002 and April 2003 to 70 randomly selected patients with positive clinical and laboratory tests were included for ringworm pedis. Groups would receive 150 or 300 mg of preset treatment is then established. Data were analyzed using the IPI INFO program variables as age, sex, residence, occupation symptoms, more frequent germ, cure rate with each group eventually undesirable effects of treatment were determined. The most relevant data include: average age of 31 years with a 74.28 percent of the total between 20 and 39 years, 55.71 percent were male and 44.29 percent female, the most common etiologic agent: dermatophytes 75.71 percent after the yeast 24.29 percent, the proportion of total cure was 20.86 percent for the group of 150 mg / week and a 94.29 percent for 300 mg / wk. Finally, there were side effects of treatment such as gastrointestinal disturbances in 14.28 percent and 22.85 mg 150 percent with 300 mg