ORIGINAL ARTICLE This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi:10.1111/jdv.19253. Abstract Background Fungal infections are the most frequent dermatoses. The gold standard treatment for dermatophytosis is the squalene epoxidase (SQLE) inhibitor terbinafine.