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Molluscum contagiosum and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: clinical and immunological details of two cases
Author(s) -
KATZMAN M.,
CAREY J.T.,
ELMETS C.A.,
JACOBS GRETTA H.,
LEDERMAN M.M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1987.tb05801.x
Subject(s) - molluscum contagiosum , virology , medicine , immunology , virus , viral disease , immunodeficiency , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , dermatology , immune system
SUMMARY We report here the clinical and immunological findings in two patients with molluscum contagiosum poxvirus infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). These cases support earlier evidence that the molluscum contagiosum virus may act as an opportunistic pathogen. There is now evidence that members of all five families of double stranded DNA‐containing human viruses have been associated with unusual clinical manifestations in AIDS patients, and the significance of DNA virus infections in patients with AIDS is discussed.