OBJECTIVE To summarize and determine the appropriate use for the new and old management tools for genital warts. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The following databases were searched: MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, ACP Journal Club, and Trip. The bibliographies of retrieved papers were also reviewed. Clinical trials, qu...

Plantar warts caused by human papilloma virus (HPV)may be challenging to treat when conventionalmodalities fail. We report a case of severely recalcitrantplantar warts, successfully treated with oral acitretinand topical 40% urea cream.

The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in anogenital carcinogenesis is firmly established, but evidence that supports a similar role in skin remains speculative. Immunosuppressed renal transplant recipients have an increased incidence of viral warts and nonmelanoma skin cancer, and the presence of HPV DNA in these lesions, especially types associated with the condition epidermodysplasia verruci...

OBJECTIVES Since the introduction of Australia's human papillomavirus vaccination program, the management rate of genital warts in sexual health clinics and private hospitals has decreased in women of vaccine-eligible age. However, most genital warts in Australia are managed in general practice. This study examines whether a similar decrease occurred in Australian general practice after the int...

conclusions with the help of iranian traditional medicine, and according to the six essential principles, the temperament of the patient should be modified, the temperament which caused the disease should be eliminated, and the return of disease should be prevented. also, with the help of topical treatments, its scars should be removed. results physicians of iranian traditional medicine believe...

BACKGROUND Warts are common and induce physical and emotional discomfort. Numerous therapies exist, yet none is optimal. Despite theoretical advantages, immunotherapeutic modalities are often neglected as first-line wart therapies. OBJECTIVE To compare treatment with intralesional skin test antigen injection of 1 wart vs cryotherapy of all warts. DESIGN Pilot study. SETTING University der...

BACKGROUND Infection with HPV 16 and 18, the major causative agents of cervical cancer, can be prevented through vaccination with a bivalent or quadrivalent vaccine. Both vaccines provide cross-protection against HPV-types not included in the vaccines. In particular, the bivalent vaccine provides additional protection against HPV 31, 33, and 45 and the quadrivalent vaccine against HPV31. The qu...

OBJECTIVE To measure the association between oral contraceptive use and the prevalence of genital warts in women. METHODS Cross sectional case control study comparing oral contraceptive use in women with and without genital warts attending a city centre genitourinary medicine clinic controlling for recent sexual activity, the presence of other sexually transmitted infections, socio-economic c...

572 patients with solitary or multiple genital warts attending the Department of Genitourinary Medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth, U.K. between January 1981 and December 1981 were allocated to either podophyllin or cryotherapy for the treatment of their warts. Of 350 patients successfully treated for their warts and returned for a follow-up examination 6 weeks or more after co...

BACKGROUND There has been a rapid decline in the number of young heterosexuals diagnosed with genital warts at outpatient sexual health services since the national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program started in Australia in 2007. We assessed the impact of the vaccination program on the number of in-patient treatments for genital warts. METHODS Data on in-patient treatments of genit...