Treatment of human papilloma virus in a 6-month-old infant with imiquimod 5% cream.
A healthy female infant was diagnosed with genital warts at six months of age. She was the product of an uncomplicated vaginal delivery to a mother who was diagnosed with genital warts during the pregnancy, but did not undergo any treatment. The infant's warts were clinically resolved following a three week course of 5% imiquimod cream, an immunomodulating agent that has been demonstrated to be a potent inducer of several cytokines promoting an antiviral cell-mediated immune response.
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University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
Mercurio
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D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000287:Administration, Topical; D000634:Aminoquinolines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000077271:Imiquimod; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D009824:Ointments; D027383:Papillomaviridae
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000634:Aminoquinolines; D009824:Ointments; D000077271:Imiquimod