V. N. Saxena

A Controlled Trial of Oral Rifampin in Chronic Plaque Psoriasis

Luvdeep Dogra, V. N. Saxena, Jaideep Dogra & Nimisha Kishoria · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Group A Streptococcal infection in the throat is responsible for causing initial and recurrent attacks of acute guttate psoriasis (AGP). Up to 70% of these AGP patients go on to develop chronic plaque psoriasis (CPP). We hypothesized that chronic sub-clinical, on-going streptococ...