[The clinico-laboratory evaluation of the efficacy of the external treatment of microsporosis using a 5% mebetizol ointment].

Therapeutic efficacy of external application of 5 percent mebetizol ointment was analyzed in the treatment of 140 patients with microsporosis. The best effect was achieved when such therapy was combined with oral griseofulvin in glabrous skin microsporosis. The effect of treatment of mycosis of the hairy part of the head was less marked. No cases of the therapy intolerance, complications, or recurrences were recorded. Toxic effects of mebetizol on vital organs were not observed. External applications of 5 percent mebetizol ointment permitted cut down of the periods of treatment by 10-15 days, this being a significant economic effect.