[Fluconazole and treatment of onychomycosis. About 86 cases]

Author(s): El Euch D, Bouassida S, Kourda M, Ezzine N, Denguezli M, Mokhtar I, Doss N, Turki H, Ridha Kamoun M, Nouira R, Ben Osman Dhahril A

Affiliation(s): Service de Dermatologie, Hopital La Rabta, Tunis.

Publication date & source: 2006-10, Tunis Med., 84(10):640-3.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; English Abstract; Multicenter Study

Systemic treatment of onychomycosis is based these last years on the new drug utilization aiming to decrease the length of the treatment and secondary effects particularly with fluconazole. The aim of our study is to determine the efficiency and the tolerance of the fluconazole (Funzol) managed to the dose of 150 mg per week in the treatment of onychomycosis. It is a multicentric and prospective study done to different department of dermatology in Tunisia. Are included adult patients with clinical and mycologic documented onychomycosis. They are treated during 12 to 24 weeks for the fingernail and 24 to 36 weeks for the toenail. The assessment of the efficiency and the tolerance of the drug was clinic and biologic. During this survey, 86 patients are included, 55 female and 31 male with mean age of 43.5 years. Onychomycosis seat to hands in 30 cases (34.8%) with a predominance of Candida species (73%), to toes in 68 cases (79%) witch due in 85% of cases to dermatophytic agent (85%). At 6 months, clinical cure rate is observed in 51% of cases. After 9 months, at the end of therapy, 84% of patients were judged clinical successes and culture was negative in 82% of cases. Some minimal secondary effects are signalled in 11% of cases to 6 weeks and 10% to 12 weeks not justifying the stop of the treatment. So this study confirms the efficiency and the good tolerance of fluconazole in the treatment of onychomycosis.