BACKGROUND Genital warts, which are caused by infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), are one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in Europe. Although genital warts are commonly perceived as a non-serious condition, treatment is often long, of varying effectiveness and the recurrence rate is high. Very few studies have been performed on the personal consequences of genital warts....

Warts are among the most common skin diseases especially in children between the ages of 12-16 years. Usually plantar and periungual lesions are resistant to traditional treatments and cause a lot of trouble for patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate therapeutic effects of intralesional Bleomycin injection. This study was performed on 38 cases of recalcitrant warts. All the lesions dis...

BACKGROUND Human papillomaviruses are the most common sexually transmitted infections, and genital warts, caused by HPV-6 and 11, entail considerable morbidity and cost. The natural history of genital warts in relation to HIV-1 infection has not been described in African women. We examined risk factors for genital warts in a cohort of high-risk women in Burkina Faso, in order to further describ...

from june 1992 to march 1993, a group of patients suffering from different types of warts were treated with intralesional injections of bleomycin sulfate. this study reviews the literature concerning this modality of treatment and the pathophysiology and immunohistopathology of warts and options for treatment. in this prospective study, a combination of a i mg/ml solution of bleomycin in distil...

Cryotherapy has similar cure rates to topical salicylate (a pharmacologic therapy) for nongenital common warts (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, based on systemic review of variable quality randomized trials). Duct tape may be equivalent to cryotherapy (SOR: B, based on a single randomized trial). CO2 laser, photodynamic therapy, pulsed dye laser (PDL), and Er:Yag laser therapies may also b...

BACKGROUND A traditional method for the treatment of warts in some rural areas of Iran comprises the use of fig tree (ficus carica) latex as a local treatment; however, there is no scientific evaluation of its efficacy. METHODS A prospective, open right/left comparative trial of fig tree latex therapy vs. local standard of cryotherapy was carried out. Twenty-five patients with common warts we...

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of a new antigen combination measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) antigen in the treatment of common warts. Methods: The study included 170 patients with single or multiple, recalcitrant or non-recalcitrant common warts both less and more than 6 months duration in all age groups. MMR antigen was injected into single lesions or largest wart in case of multiple lesions ...