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A 45-year-old female asked:
I have a yeast infection under my breasts the dr. gave me ketoconazole cream i am out can i use miconazole cream will it do the same ?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
31 years experience
Should be OK: Hopefully the yeast infection has improved on ketoconazole, and switching to Miconazole should be fine. They are quite similar in their antifungal properties. If you do notice, however, that the rash starts to worsen on miconazole, i would get a new prescription of the ketoconazole.
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Dr. David Sireanswered
Dermatology 56 years experience
Yes: Miconazole has a similar antifungal spectrum to keatoconazole. One can never guarantee that one will be better aganist a specific organism than another similar azole based cream, but it should help.
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