Oral treatments for fungal infections of the skin of the foot.
About 15% of the world population have fungal infections of the
feet (tinea pedis or athlete's foot). There are many clinical
presentations of tinea pedis, and most commonly, tinea pedis is
seen between the toes (interdigital) and on the soles, heels,
and sides of the foot (plantar). Plantar tinea pedis is known as
moccasin foot. Once acquired, the infection can spread to other
sites including the nails, which can be a source of re-
infection. Oral therapy is usually used for chronic conditions
or when topical treatment has failed. To assess the effects of
oral treatments for fungal infections of the skin of the foot
(tinea pedis). For this update we searched the following
databases to July 2012: the Cochrane Skin Group Specialised
Register, CENTRAL in The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE (from 1946),
EMBASE (from 1974), and CINAHL (from 1981). We checked the
bibliographies of retrieved trials for further references to
relevant trials, and we searched onl