[Use of insoles made of antimicrobial materials as prophylactic means in foot mycoses]. / Primenenie stelek iz antimikrobnykh materialov v kachestve profilakticheskogo sredstva pri mikozakh stop.

Stationary dermatologic examination covered 32 sufferers from epidermophytosis of soles, who used 3 types of antimicrobial insoles chosen through laboratory investigations. Clinical trials proved that antimicrobial insoles, if applied during 2 weeks, result in considerably decreased occurrence of causal fungus in the patients' surface skin scarring. The results proved fungicidal and bactericidal activity of insoles including furagin, nitrofurilacroleine, polyhexamethylene guanidine, so such insoles could be recommended as prophylactic measure for mycoses of soles.