Tea tree oil and iodine in the treatment of molluscum contagiosum in children.

INTERVENTION: Iodine, tea tree oil, combination of tea tree oil and iodine. Four ul of each treatment applied twice a day to each molluscum lesion for 30 days. Each treatment group received a 4 ul application twice a day. The iodine group received 4 ul of iodine solution only, the tea tree oil group received 4 ul of tea tree oil only, and the combination group received 4 ul of a combination of iodine in tea tree oil delivering the same amount of iodine as the iodine group alone received. CONDITION: Molluscum contagiosum PRIMARY OUTCOME: Reduction of visible molluscum lesions by 90% or greater at the end of 30 days. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Nil INCLUSION CRITERIA: Age: 9 mo to 15 years, otherwise healthy Gender: Male and Female