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Ivan Bristow

5 days ago4 min read

Topical azoles & statins. Rare interactions.

Statins are the most commonly prescribed drug today but they can interact with athletes foot treatments.

Ivan Bristow

Apr 303 min read

Topical statins - a drug to treat dermatophyte skin infections?

Topical statins have the potential to treat athletes foot infections.

Ivan Bristow

Jun 13, 20237 min read

Preventing Dermatophyte Reinfection

In this blog, I look at evidence regarding strategies to prevent dermatophyte reinfection of the feet and toenails.

Ivan Bristow

Nov 8, 20224 min read

Is susceptibility to tinea genetic?

With increasing DNA analysis technology, can we unravel the mystery of tinea? Is susceptibility genetic? This blog looks at recent work.

Ivan Bristow

Oct 10, 20223 min read

What’s your patient hiding from you?

Tinea incognito a term for an unrecognised fungal skin infection occurring after topical steroid use.

Ivan Bristow

Aug 30, 20222 min read

Assessing Progress in Onychomycosis

The OSI is a simple clinical tool to quantify and measure the extent of nail involvement in onychomycosis. This video explains how it works.

Ivan Bristow

Nov 30, 20214 min read

The growing problem of dermatophyte resistance

For many years fungal skin infection, particularly tinea pedis has been a very common pathology which when diagnosed, was considered...

Ivan Bristow

Jun 16, 20214 min read

Deciphering the fungal code

Thsi articles summarises some of the recent discoveries around fungal virulence amongst dermatophytes.

Ivan Bristow

Feb 3, 20213 min read

Drug Developments in Onychomycosis

It has been a while since any new drugs have entered the market indicated for the treatment of onychomycosis. In an earlier blog I...

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