Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient

Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient

Molluscum Contagiosum (MC) is a skin infection caused by a double-stranded DNA virus of the family Poxviridae that replicates in the human epidermis, affecting mainly children and young sexually active adults and causing flesh colored papular lesions with central umbilication with an average size of...

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Main Authors: Carlos E. Pérez-Díaz, Carlos A. Botero-García, Maria C. Rodríguez, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Omar-Javier Calixto, Fabián Benítez, Yesid F. Mantilla-Florez, Juan S. Bravo-Ojeda, Alejandro Espinal, Carlos Morales-Pertuz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
Molluscum Contagiosum
Immunosuppression
Dermatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215001897

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