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Athlete's foot.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19454046     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
INTRODUCTION: Around 15-25% of people are likely to have athlete's foot at any one time. The infection can spread to other parts of the body and to other people. METHODS AND OUTCOMES: We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical question: What are the effects of topical treatments for athlete's foot? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library and other important databases up to April 2006 (Clinical Evidence reviews are updated periodically, please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this review). We included harms alerts from relevant organisations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
RESULTS: We found 11 systematic reviews, RCTs, or observational studies that met our inclusion criteria. We performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of evidence for interventions.
CONCLUSIONS: In this systematic review we present information relating to the effectiveness and safety of the following interventions: improved foot hygiene, including socks, and hosiery; topical allylamines (naftifine, terbinafine); topical azoles; and topical ciclopirox olamine.
Authors:
Fay Crawford
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review     Date:  2006-11-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical evidence     Volume:  2006     ISSN:  1752-8526     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Evid (Online)     Publication Date:  2006  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-05-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101294314     Medline TA:  Clin Evid (Online)     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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