Nongenital warts are a common presentation in general practice. Despite treatment according to evidence based guidelines, a significant proportion of common warts fail to resolve, becoming recalcitrant. This poses a problem in clinical management. The recommendations for treating recalcitrant warts are unclear and there is a wide range of second line treatments available. This article reviews t...

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...

The novel human papillomavirus type 154 (HPV154) was characterized from a wart on the crena ani of a three-year-old boy. It was previously designated as the putative HPV type FADI3 by sequencing of a subgenomic FAP amplicon. We obtained the complete genome by combined methods including rolling circle amplification (RCA), genome walking through an adapted method for detection of integrated papil...

InTrOduCTIOn This is a tribute to an enormously important Viennese professor of dermatology who has influenced so many of those who have learnt from him and follow him improving the science and practice of dermatovenereology and especially sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in recent times. It is also recognition of Alpine-Danube-Adria (ADA) for its important role in education in STIs and s...

we report a 27-year-old hemophilic male who was hiv positive and under highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) along with wart lesions. when imod therapy started concurrently with haart, the skin lesions disappeared.

background: viral warts are a common problem especially in young people. they are important as they are transmittable and cause social embarrassment. though there are several treatments for viral warts, none offer a fast, simple, complete cure by itself. a simple and inexpensive way of treatment would be outstanding, especially in developing countries. we aimed to determine the efficacy and saf...