Antifungal activity of dermatological shampoos

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1982 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Archives of Dermatological Research, volume 272, pages 339-342 (issn: 0340-3696, eissn: 1432-069X,

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Authors: K J, McGinley; J J, Leyden;

doi: 10.1007/bf00509065

pmid: 7165342

Antifungal activity of dermatological shampoos

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Abstract

The effect of several "medicated" shampoos on the growth of a variety of fungi was determined. Shampoos with as low as 0.5% coal tar were inhibitory to all strains, 2.5% selenium sulfide and 1 and 2% zinc pyrithione were significantly more inhibitory. Since these shampoos have substantivity for the human scalp, they may be useful as adjunctive therapy to griseofulvin in the treatment of scalp infections and minimize the risk of spread of viable spores to others in the environment.

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University of Pennsylvania
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Keywords

Pyridines, Soaps, Salicylates, Selenium, Surface-Active Agents, Trichophyton, Organometallic Compounds, Humans, Microsporum, Dermatologic Agents, Selenium Compounds, Coal Tar, Hair

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