Although treatment may remove the wart, the virus remains latent within the skin cells. However, treatment may diminish spread of HPV in the skin of the infected patient and possibly to uninfected contacts. Survival Recurrence Metastasis Treatment Dermatol Clin. Warts Sandra Marchese Johnson, etal. Background Warts are common and induce physical and emotional discomfort.
Numerous therapies exist, yet none is optimal.
Despite theoretical advantages, immunotherapeutic modalities are often neglected as first-line wart therapies. Objective To compare treatment with intralesional skin test antigen injection of 1 wart vs cryotherapy of all warts. Design Pilot study. Setting University dermatology outpatient clinic. Patients A total of 115 consecutive patients with at least 1 nongenital wart.