The authors report a case of bilateral Tinea nigra plantaris treated through a double-blind study with the topical antifungal agents Isoconazole and Terbinafine. The objective of the study was to clinically compare the efficacy of these two topical antifungal agents on days 10, 20 and 30 of the treatment. No significant clinical differences were found, as all the plantar lesions regressed compl...

The incidence of serious fungal infections has increased dramatically in recent decades. This increase is mainly due to the advent of HIV and to the increased use of cancer chemotherapy and of immunosuppressive therapies in organ transplantation [1,2]. The treatment of fungal diseases involves several classes of antifungal agents, among which the imidazoleor triazole-based drugs (referred to co...

BACKGROUND Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are chief infectious complications in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, the diagnosis of fungal infections is difficult, and often empiric treatment initiates. Since there is no data available on the prevalence of antifungal drugs administration in allogeneic HSCT recipients in Iran, we decided to conduct th...