Treatment of Pityriasis versicolor by 2% solution of Copper sulfate

Abstract

Pityriasis or Tinea versicolor is a skin fungal infection caused by a yeast type of skin fungus called Pityrosporum orbiculare . Mineral solution which is prepared from dissolution of copper sulfate powder in distil water in two concentration (1%,2%) is used in treatment of forty patients infected by pityriasis versicolor applied twice daily on infected site. Statistical analysis reveals the presence of significant correlation (p<0.05) in time of clearance of the lesion between the treated group by 2% concentration and control group which is treated by 1% clotrimazole were be 12 and 45 days respectively. The rate of cure was be 100% in all treated person who are completes the period of treatment by our preparation but in different periods.