Congenital molluscum contagiosum

Molluscum contagiosum infection is very common in children and is one of the most frequent reasons for consultation in outpatient and hospital pediatric care.1 Infection occurs as a result of direct person-to-person contact through infected skin, contact with fomites, or autoinoculation.2 In adolescence and adulthood, infection may occur through sexual contact. Occurrence during the neonatal period is rare.