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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| author | 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 |
| author_facet | 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 |
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| description | 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 3-5 mm, although atypical lesions that reach great size (Giant Molluscum Contagiosum), 10-15 mm, can be seen in almost any immunodeficiency condition. We report the case of a 35 year old male patient with C3 HIV disease with an abdominal pathology associated to skin lesions predominantly in the forehead and scalp that reached sizes over 5 mm, diagnosed as Giant Molluscum Contagiosum by skin biopsies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a9fe4cc59cd44bf8db3abebfe715a3d2022-12-22T00:43:14ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112015-09-0138C15315510.1016/j.ijid.2015.07.021Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patientCarlos E. Pérez-Díaz0Carlos A. Botero-García1Maria C. Rodríguez2Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez3Omar-Javier Calixto4Fabián Benítez5Yesid F. Mantilla-Florez6Juan S. Bravo-Ojeda7Alejandro Espinal8Carlos Morales-Pertuz9Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, ColombiaMedicine school, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, ColombiaTropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, ColombiaServicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, ColombiaServicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, ColombiaServicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, ColombiaServicios y Asesorías en Infectología (SAI), Bogotá, ColombiaTropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, ColombiaTropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, ColombiaTropical and Infectious Diseases Group (GETI), Hospital Militar Central, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, ColombiaMolluscum 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 3-5 mm, although atypical lesions that reach great size (Giant Molluscum Contagiosum), 10-15 mm, can be seen in almost any immunodeficiency condition. We report the case of a 35 year old male patient with C3 HIV disease with an abdominal pathology associated to skin lesions predominantly in the forehead and scalp that reached sizes over 5 mm, diagnosed as Giant Molluscum Contagiosum by skin biopsies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215001897HIVMolluscum ContagiosumImmunosuppressionDermatology |
| spellingShingle | 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 Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient International Journal of Infectious Diseases HIV Molluscum Contagiosum Immunosuppression Dermatology |
| title | Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient |
| title_full | Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient |
| title_fullStr | Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient |
| title_short | Giant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV positive patient |
| title_sort | giant molluscum contagiosum in an hiv positive patient |
| topic | HIV Molluscum Contagiosum Immunosuppression Dermatology |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215001897 |
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