Extra pulmonary tuberculosis makes up 10% of all tuberculosis cases and cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB) only a fraction of this 10%. CTB is caused by mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis and can lead to scarring and deformities. ...

The biotechnological era is here and many peptides and proteins are being used as part of drug therapy. They are, however, not very stable and do not have the physicochemical properties that allow for oral or topical ...

In pharmaceutical sciences, topical delivery is a transport process of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) from a formulated dosage form to the target site of action. For most topical delivery systems, the skin ...

Due to the immuncompromised status of AIDS patients, secondary infections and malignancies are common. Conditions secondary to AIDS for which patients require treatment include Karposi's sarcoma (treated with methotrexate), ...

Acyclovir is an antiviral drug used in the treatment and prevention of herpes simplex and varicella-zoster viral infections. The major problem in the transdermal delivery of acyclovir is the permeation in sufficient amounts ...

Percutaneous delivery of drugs promises many advantages over oral or intravenous administration, such as a better control of blood levels, a reduced incidence of systemic toxicity, an absence of hepatic first-pass ...