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A British multicentre trial compared the effectiveness of 50% salicylic acid versus cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen in the treatment of plantar warts. The 240 patients (aged > 12 years) enrolled in the trial were randomized to either self-treatment with 50% salicylic acid up to a maximum of 8 [...]
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The problem of cellulitis in lower limbs is two-fold: on one side, diagnosis is not often given or it is mistakenly given; on the other side, treatment is not clearly codified: is a hospitalization opportune? Can the patient be treated at home? In order to clear these questions up, an English study [...]
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Vulgar plantar warts, a common disease above all during childhood, have in general two kinds of treatments: applications of salicylic acid or cryotherapy. In order to verify which of the two kinds of treatment is more effective, some Dutch researchers have randomized 250 subjects (43% of them was [...]
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Even if acne represents one of the most spread diseases, we still known very little on its cause, pathogenesis and therapy. With the support of pharmaceutical industry, the members of Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne have updated their recommendations, dating back to 2003, on the [...]
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The incidence of skin and soft-tissue infections has dramatically increased in the USA during the last decade and most of these infections have been caused by a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Even if the drainage of abscess infections is the most indicated treatment, someone [...]
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With the marketing of newer and newer molecules, adverse reactions become frequent and among these, the particularly severe ones, too. In order to monitor the onset of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, a group of dermatologists belonging to various countries associated in the [...]
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It is not rare to find the presence of eczemas of unknown origin in older patients, so some French researchers have performed a trial to try to find out the possible etiology of these skin reactions, above all as to the chronic assumption of drugs. 102 patients (older than sixty; 50% hospitalized [...]
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One of the methods used to prevent pressure ulcers in patients obliged to remain in bed for long periods is to use air mattresses, alternatively inflated and deflated in always different areas. In an English randomized study (PRESSURE study: Pressure relieving support surfaces) 1972 patients [...]
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Herpes labialis is a common problem in many young people and various, more or less empirical, therapies were adopted to put down starting manifestations. Most treatments are however ineffective, so a multinational study was realized to evaluate the efficacy of a single-dose famciclovir on 701 [...]