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Severe atypical molluscum contagiosum infection in an immunocompromised host
Author(s) -
COTTON D.W.K.,
COOPER C.,
BARRETT D.F.,
LEPPARD B.J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1987.tb04908.x
Subject(s) - molluscum contagiosum , host (biology) , medicine , dermatology , virology , host response , immunology , biology , immune system , ecology
SUMMARY A case of severe mollucum contagiosum in a patient with treated thymnma is described. This unusual complication of immunosupprossion is discussed and the literature on the subject reviewed.