Azathioprine and warts.

Recalcitrant plantar warts during azathioprine therapy for Crohn’s disease

Dermatological complications of long-term immunosuppressive therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are rarely reported. We present the case of a 29-year-old man with worsening of plantar warts while on azathioprine therapy for Crohn's disease. This case underlines the need to perform thorough skin examination of IBD patients before and during immunosuppressive therapy.

Anogenital Warts

Anogenital warts are caused by infection with HPV. There are >100 of these double-stranded-DNA papovaviruses characterised, with most now fully DNA-sequenced. HPV is transmitted sexually in most cases but can also be transmitted prenatally, by auto-inoculation or hetero-inoculation from non-genital warts. Anogenital warts have a 60% transmission rate between partners. Over 95% of genital warts ...

Corns and Warts

Azathioprine shock.

Azathioprine has been used as an immunosuppressant for over 20 years in cancer chemotherapy, organ transplantation and diseases with confirmed or suspected immune mechanisms. A hypersensitivity reaction manifesting as fever, rash, myalgia and a neutrophil leucocytosis occurring about 2 weeks after exposure is well documented and has been confirmed by challenge testing. Hypotensive reactions are...

Corticosteroids – Azathioprine

Fifteen years ago, classical immunosuppressive therapy was inconceivable without corticosteroids and azathioprine. A large number of transplantees administering these drugs had successful immunosuppression and good function of the graft over longer period of time. Nevertheless, side-effects of corticosteroids to cardiovascular system (hypertension, congestive heart failure, thrombophlebitis), t...