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ANTIFUNGALS FOR DERMATOLOGICAL USE
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| 5-Flucytosine | | For treatment of (in combination with Amphotericin B) meningitis, |
| Clotrimazole | | For the local treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis and vaginal yeast |
| Ethanol | | For therapeutic neurolysis of nerves or ganglia for the relief of intractable chronic pain in such conditions as inoperable cancer and trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux), in patients for whom neurosurgical procedures are contraindicated. |
| Fluconazole | | For the treatment of fungal infections. |
| Ketoconazole | | For the treatment of the following systemic fungal infections: candidiasis, chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, oral thrush, candiduria, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, chromomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis |
| Sertaconazole | | For the topical treatment of interdigital tinea pedis in immunocompetent patients 12 years of age and older, caused by Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and Epidermophyton floccosum. |
| Terbinafine | | For the treatment of interdigital tinea infections |
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