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GENITAL HERPES: TREATMENT WITH METHYLENE BLUE AND LIGHT EXPOSURE
Author(s) -
CHANG TEWEN,
FIUMARA NICHOLAS,
WEINSTEIN LOUIS
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1975.tb00084.x
Subject(s) - methylene blue , proflavine , medicine , genital herpes , photodynamic therapy , dermatology , methylene , red light , virology , virus , chemistry , herpes simplex virus , medicinal chemistry , biology , biochemistry , dna , botany , organic chemistry , catalysis , photocatalysis
Fifty‐six patients with genital herpes were treated by photodynamic inactivation of herpesvirus by methylene blue (36 patients), proflavine (10) or neutral red (10). The first 35 patients were randomly selected for treatment with one of the three dyes. All the others were initially treated with methylene blue. The disease was temporarily eradicated in about 70% of instances by exposure of the lesions to light plus topically applied methylene blue, neutral red or proflavine. Relapses, however, were not prevented or appreciably reduced.