Ketoconazole is a broad-spectrum antifungal agent, a synthetic derivative of imidazolidioxole. Has a fungicidal or fungistatic effect.
The drug is active against dermatophytes Trichophyton spp. (in t.h. Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes), Microsporum spp. (in t.h. Microsporum canis), Epidermophyton floccosum, yeast-like fungi of the genus Candida spp. (in t.h. Candida albicans), Pityrosporum spp. (in t.h. Pityrosporum ovale, Pityrosporum orbiculare, Malassezia furfur). Ketoconazole is also active against bacteria Staphylococcus spp. and Streptococcus spp. The mechanism of action of ketoconazole is the inhibition of the biosynthesis of ergosterol, triglycerides and phospholipids necessary for the synthesis of the cell wall of fungi,which leads to a violation of the permeability of the cell wall of fungi, to the loss of the ability of fungi to form filaments and colonies.
Ointment MycoKet® very quickly affects the itching with dermatophyte and yeast infections, including. with skin lesions caused by Pityrosporum spp.. In this symptomatic improvement is observed even before the appearance of the first signs of recovery.