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A study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients
The clinical effect of imiquimod stems from cytokine-induced activation of the immune system. A randomized study was conducted to study the efficacy and safety of daily applications of 5% imiquimod cream in female patients with external genital warts and molluscum contagiosum (MC). The clearance rat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168064/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938126 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.62763 |
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description | The clinical effect of imiquimod stems from cytokine-induced activation of the immune system. A randomized study was conducted to study the efficacy and safety of daily applications of 5% imiquimod cream in female patients with external genital warts and molluscum contagiosum (MC). The clearance rate of lesions was 75% in genital MC patients and 50% in patients with genital warts. Erythema was the commonest adverse reaction seen in 24% patients with the use of 5% imiquimod. Other side effects were excoriation seen in 16% patients, erosions in 10% patients, excoriation in 6% patients and pain was seen in 4% patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-31680642011-09-21 A study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients Puri, Neerja Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Original Article The clinical effect of imiquimod stems from cytokine-induced activation of the immune system. A randomized study was conducted to study the efficacy and safety of daily applications of 5% imiquimod cream in female patients with external genital warts and molluscum contagiosum (MC). The clearance rate of lesions was 75% in genital MC patients and 50% in patients with genital warts. Erythema was the commonest adverse reaction seen in 24% patients with the use of 5% imiquimod. Other side effects were excoriation seen in 16% patients, erosions in 10% patients, excoriation in 6% patients and pain was seen in 4% patients. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3168064/ /pubmed/21938126 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.62763 Text en © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Puri, Neerja A study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients |
title | A study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients |
title_full | A study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients |
title_fullStr | A study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients |
title_full_unstemmed | A study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients |
title_short | A study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients |
title_sort | study on the use of imiquimod for the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum and genital warts in female patients |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168064/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938126 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.62763 |
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