The Sensitivity and Specificity of Potassium Hydroxide Smear and Fungal Culture Relative to Clinical Assessment in the Evaluation of Tinea Pedis: A Pooled Analysis

Table 4

Cure rates at six weeks by study.

Study	N	KOH Negative		Culture Negative		Mycologic Cure^∗		Clinical Cure
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
STUDY #1	99	81	82	27	27	24	24	45	45
STUDY #2	85	64	75	31	36	29	34	41	48
STUDY #3	81	50	62	19	23	19	23	18	22
STUDY #4	82	51	62	28	34	24	29	37	45
STUDY #5	113	48	43	34	30	26	23	46	41
Overall	460	294	64	139	30	122	27	187	41

^∗Mycologic cure is defined as negative KOH smear and negative culture.