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Med Int Mex 2021; 37 (3)

Dimethyl sulfoxide combined with povidoneiodine in the treatment of genital molluscum contagiosum in an older adult.

Rodríguez-García R, Rodríguez-Silva R

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 443-447
PDF size: 217.30 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: Molluscum contagiosum is an infectious disease of the skin caused by a poxvirus. When the infection occurs in the genitals of adults it is considered a sexually transmitted disease and is more frequent in patients with HIV. There are different types of treatments of this dermatosis with conflicting results. A new topical treatment with dimethyl sulfoxide combined with povidone-iodine has shown good efficacy against this viral skin infection.
Clinical cases: A 63-year-old male patient who for two years had suffered from dermal lesions in the form of papules 2 to 3 mm in diameter and 1 or 2 mm high, sessile, skin-colored, umbilicated in the center of the vertex of the lesion, which was found on the penis, scrotum and pubis, without accompanying symptoms. Molluscum contagiosum was diagnosed and dimethyl sulfoxide combined with povidone iodine was prescribed, with which good results were obtained.
Conclusions: The clinical evidence of cure for molluscum contagiosum with the combination of dimethyl sulfoxide and povidone iodine is a reality and clinical trials should be carried out to determine its efficacy and safety.


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