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- Title
Treatment of verruca vulgaris with topical cidofovir in an immunocompromised patient: a case report and review of the literature.
- Authors
Cha, S.; Johnston, L.; Natkunam, Y.; Brown, J.
- Abstract
Lesions caused by verrucus vulgaris are commonly refractory to therapy and may become large, painful, or disfiguring in immunocompromised patients. Cidofovir is a potent nucleoside analog antiviral agent shown to have in vitro and in vivo activity against a broad spectrum of DNA viruses. We report a successful use of topical cidofovir to treat verruca vulgaris lesions in a highly immunocompromised patient, who was not considered a candidate for conventional therapy.
- Subjects
VERRUCARIA serpuloides; VERRUCARIALES; ANTIVIRAL agents; VIRUS disease drug therapy; DNA viruses; IMMUNE system; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Transplant Infectious Disease, 2005, Vol 7, Issue 3/4, p158
- ISSN
1398-2273
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-3062.2005.00099.x