Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd004767.pub3
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Interventions for cutaneous molluscum contagiosum

Abstract: No single intervention has been shown to be convincingly effective in the treatment of molluscum contagiosum. The update identified six new studies, most of them reporting on interventions not included in the original version. However, the conclusions of the review did not change.

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“…Destructive modalities may not always be practical in children & most importantly recurrence occurs in as many as 35% of patients after initial clearing. 3 Topical/oral immunomodulatory therapy can be cumbersome and does not ensure clearance. Immunological therapy in the form of auto implantation has shown good results in extensive warts.…”
Section: Molluscumcontagiosum (Mc) Is a Common Cutaneous Infection Camentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Destructive modalities may not always be practical in children & most importantly recurrence occurs in as many as 35% of patients after initial clearing. 3 Topical/oral immunomodulatory therapy can be cumbersome and does not ensure clearance. Immunological therapy in the form of auto implantation has shown good results in extensive warts.…”
Section: Molluscumcontagiosum (Mc) Is a Common Cutaneous Infection Camentioning
confidence: 99%
“…26 In consultations where MC is discussed as a secondary problem, and/or where clinicians are providing only verbal advice and not prescribing treatments, a Read Code for MC may not be entered. Therefore, the study estimates are likely to represent an underestimate of the true incidence of MC consultations.…”
Section: Strengths and Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4 O tempo de incubação varia entre 14 dias a 6 meses. 5 As lesões, em indivíduos imunocompetentes, tendem a ter resolução espontânea de meses a anos. 6 É comum ocorrer recidiva.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Neste caso, pode-se lançar mão de métodos como Gram, estudo histopatológico e microscopia eletrônica. 2 Dentre as técnicas utilizadas para tratamento, existem métodos físicos, químicos e imunoterápicos, além da possibilidade de aguardar resolução espontânea do quadro, 5 com regressão das lesões. Até o momento, não há terapêutica específica para tratamento de MC, provavelmente por insucesso nas tentativas de cultivo do vírus em ambiente laboratorial.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
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