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drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot)

drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot)

A potentially neurotoxic 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative long used as a topical anti-infective, intestinal antiamebic, and vaginal trichomonacide. The oral preparation has been shown to cause subacute myelo-optic neuropathy and has been banned worldwide.