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  • Title: Comparison of clotrimazole, fluconazole and itraconazole in vaginal candidiasis.
    Author: Woolley PD, Higgins SP.
    Journal: Br J Clin Pract; 1995; 49(2):65-6. PubMed ID: 7779645.
    Abstract:
    Women attending a genitourinary medicine clinic (n = 229) with mycologically confirmed acute vulvovaginal candidiasis were randomised to receive either clotrimazole (500 mg pessary and 1% cream), fluconazole (150 mg single oral dose) or itraconazole (200 mg bd oral dose for 1 day). Mycological cure rates were 96% in the itraconazole group, 95% in the clotrimazole group, and 83% in the fluconazole group (P = 0.008). The proportion of patients who were clinically cured showed a similar pattern (itraconazole 80%, clotrimazole 80%, fluconazole 62%). This suggests that itraconazole or clotrimazole are more effective than fluconazole in the treatment of acute vaginal candidiasis.
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