Successful treatment of toenail mycosis with terbinafine and itraconazole gives long term benefits

EDITOR —In 1995 we published a study comparing treatments with terbinafine and itraconazole for tinea infection of the toenail.1 Three years after the end of our one year study we carried out a follow up assessment in the patients who were cured. The study was double blind and assessed 26 patients from the terbinafine group and 21 patients from the itraconazole group. All patients had cured target nails, and none had applied …