Treatment of Pityriasis versicolor by 2% solution of Copper sulfate | ||
| Diyala Journal For Pure Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2014, Pages 128-134 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ghassan H. Jameel; Wathik M. Al-shamery; Rafah O. Hussain; Haidar A. Gurgy | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Pityriasis or Tinea versicolor is a skin fungal infection caused by a yeast type of skin fungus called Pityrosporum orbiculare . Mineral solution which is prepared from dissolution of copper sulfate powder in distil water in two concentration (1%,2%) is used in treatment of forty patients infected by pityriasis versicolor applied twice daily on infected site. Statistical analysis reveals the presence of significant correlation (p<0.05) in time of clearance of the lesion between the treated group by 2% concentration and control group which is treated by 1% clotrimazole were be 12 and 45 days respectively. The rate of cure was be 100% in all treated person who are completes the period of treatment by our preparation but in different periods. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| copper sulphate; tinea versicolor | ||
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