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Best treatment for angular cheilitis (fungal):

Nystatin oral suspension
Acyclovir cream
Prednisone tablets
Ketoconazole cream

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Correct answer: D. Ketoconazole cream

Angular cheilitis is a fungal infection of the oral commissures (Candida). Treatment: ketoconazole (Nizoral) cream applied directly to the lesion. Oral nystatin suspension treats intraoral candidiasis, not commissure lesions effectively. Acyclovir is antiviral (herpes); prednisone is anti-inflammatory, not antifungal.

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