Novel Treatment of Onychomycosis using Over-the-Counter Mentholated Ointment: A Clinical Case Series

Richard Derby; Patrick Rohal; Constance Jackson; Anthony Beutler; Cara Olsen

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100124

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Serial photographic assessment of clinical onychomycosis in selected participants.

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Participant Demographics, Culture Organism, Photographic Assessment of Percentage of Nail Affected Initially and at 12-Week Intervals, Final Clinical and Mycological Cure, and Satisfaction

Participant	Sex	Age (yr)	Organism	Initial Amount Affected (%)	Affected at 12 Weeks (%)	Affected at 24 Weeks (%)	Affected at 36 Weeks (%)	Affected at 48 Weeks (%)	Clinical Cure	Mycological Cure	Satisfaction^*
1	Male	68	Fungal elements	61	58	64	–	45	Partial	No	2
2	Male	76	Cryptococcus lamentii	98	82	46	48	54	Partial	No	1
3	Male	30	Trichophyton rubrum	72	57	92	47	51	Partial	No	2
4	Male	37	T. rubrum	35	–	24	18	12	Partial	Yes	2
5	Female	52	Candida parapsilosis	44	22	22	25	27	Partial	No	1
6	Male	49	T. rubrum	70	50	60	44	47	Partial	No	2
7	Male	47	Fungal elements	59	–	45	64	47	Partial	No	2
8	Female	31	T. rubrum	39	–	37	49	48	No change	No	2
9	Female	37	C. parapsilosis	37	–	17	11	4	Complete	Yes	1
10	Female	52	C. parapsilosis	54	50	37	14	11	Complete	Yes	1
11	Female	85	Penicillium sp.	100	–	91	93	95	No change	No	2
12	Female	45	Trichophyton mentagrophytes	20	–	15	9	5	Complete	No	1
13	Female	69	Fusarium sp.	100	87	92	91	80	Partial	No	2
14	Male	54	T. rubrum	89	90	72	79	70	Partial	No	1
15	Male	40	T. rubrum	89	84	93	83	79	Partial	No	1
16	Male	57	Candida albicans	63	58	53	51	58	No change	No	2
17	Male	65	T. mentagrophytes	84	71	41	20	7	Complete	Yes	1
18	Female	32	T. mentagrophytes	16	11	7	5	5	Complete	Yes	1