Justified use of 5% amorolfine nail lacquer, in the treatment of toe onychomycosis
- Authors: Kotrekhova L.P.1, Tsurupa E.N.1, Chilina G.A.1, Bosak I.A.1, Vashkevich A.A.1
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Affiliations:
- North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
- Issue: Vol 99, No 5 (2023)
- Pages: 111-119
- Section: CLINICAL CASE REPORTS
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/0042-4609/article/view/217642
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.25208/vdv11355
- ID: 217642
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The article presents the description of three clinical cases of the successful treatment of toe onychomycosis and athlete’s foot of various etiologies using 5% amorolfine antifungal nail lacquer. The first case: a 31-year-old woman was diagnosed with white superficial onychomycosis of great toe caused by Trichophyton rubrum. The treatment with 5% amorolfine once a week for 6 months resulted in full recovery (both mycological and clinical). The second case: a 42-year-old woman developed onychomycosis after the application of decorative coating on her nails; onychomycosis was caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis. She was treated with itraconazole pulse therapy and 5% amorolfine lacquer. She fully recovered. The third case: a 65-year-old man with total onychomycosis of 10 toes developed the skin mycosis of the left foot and lower third of the leg. He was prescribed a therapy with sertaconazole cream and 5% amorolfine lacquer. The use of 5% amorolfine lacquer was continued to prevent from recurrent dermatomycosis. Thus, the above mentioned cases are a good example of the advantages of using 5% amorolfine lacquer in the treatment of most toe onychomycosis types caused by any pathogens (dermatophytes, yeasts or molds).
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Liubov P. Kotrekhova
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Author for correspondence.
Email: zurupalubov@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2995-4249
SPIN-code: 6628-1260
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgEkaterina N. Tsurupa
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: riobasa@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5792-7478
SPIN-code: 6205-1530
Dermatovenerologist
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgGalina A. Chilina
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: galina.chilina@szgmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9204-4662
SPIN-code: 4818-3687
Head of the Laboratory “Russian Collection of Pathogenic Fungi”
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgIlia A. Bosak
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: ilya.bosak@szgmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0193-9103
SPIN-code: 5699-5857
Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Researcher
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgArina A. Vashkevich
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: aavashk@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3933-6922
SPIN-code: 6254-9643
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor
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