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Efflorescence of facial molluscum contagiosum as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a patient with AIDS Volume 19, issue 3, May-June 2009

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Service de médecine interne, Service d’anatomo-pathologie, Pharmacie, Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU Tenon (AP-HP), 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France

Auteur(s) : Claude Bachmeyer1, Philippe Moguelet2, Françoise Baud3, François-Xavier Lescure4 1Service de médecine interne 2Service d’anatomo-pathologie 3Pharmacie 4Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU Tenon (AP-HP), 4 rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a self-limited disease due to a DNA virus of the poxviridae family. It is a frequent condition in children and is reported in immunocompetent adults in the genital areas, suggesting sexual transmission. [...]