[5] Imidazole group of antifungals are commonly used in vaginal candidiasis which includes clotrimazole, fluconazole,
isoconazole, oxiconazole, omoconazole and tioconazole.
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Inflammatory tinea pedis with bacterial superinfection effectively treated with
isoconazole nitrate and diflucortolone valerate combination therapy.
Antifungal agents are either polyenes (nystatin and am-photericin B) or azoles which are classified into: imidazoles (clotrimazole, econazole, fenticonazole,
isoconazole, ketocon-azole, miconazole, sulconazole, tioconazole); and triazoles (fluconazole, itraconazole).
In Switzerland, three triazoles (terconazole, itraconazole, fluconazole) and eight imidazoles (clotrimazole, miconazole, econazole, ketoconazole, tioconazole,
isoconazole, oxiconazole, and fenticonazole) are in use (Documed AG 2002).