Title: Intralesional immunotherapy with tuberculin purified protein derivative for verruca: A study from a teaching hospital in South India.
Authors: Shivaji Kerure, Amit; Kumar Nath, Amiya; Oudeacoumar, P.; Kerure, Amit Shivaji; Nath, Amiya Kumar
Abstract: The article reports on a study of the efficacy of tuberculin purified protein derivative antigens through intralesional immunotherapy in the excision of warts. The result shows significant increase clearances of patients warts after being injected by tuberculin purified protein derivative and concludes also that the prevention of tuberculosis and mandatory Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination as the cause of higher rate of clearance of warts of patients in South India.
Subjects: TUBERCULIN; WARTS treatment; IMMUNOTHERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS; BCG vaccines; THERAPEUTICS
Publication: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, 2016, Vol 82, Issue 4, p420
ISSN: 0378-6323
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.175910

Intralesional immunotherapy with tuberculin purified protein derivative for verruca: A study from a teaching hospital in South India.

Shivaji Kerure, Amit; Kumar Nath, Amiya; Oudeacoumar, P.; Kerure, Amit Shivaji; Nath, Amiya Kumar