{"title":"Molluscum contagiosum.","authors":"M. A. Waugh","doi":"10.1097/00006534-198507000-00103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this article, the natural history of molluscum contagiosum is described by various authorities covering the last 200 years. Molluscum contagiosum may present a therapeutic challenge, but clinical methods of treatment are described. Molluscum contagiosum should alert the clinician to the possibility of HIV infection. The differential diagnosis in HIV infection is discussed.","PeriodicalId":94312,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic clinics","volume":"30 1","pages":"839-41, xv"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Dermatologic clinics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-198507000-00103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
In this article, the natural history of molluscum contagiosum is described by various authorities covering the last 200 years. Molluscum contagiosum may present a therapeutic challenge, but clinical methods of treatment are described. Molluscum contagiosum should alert the clinician to the possibility of HIV infection. The differential diagnosis in HIV infection is discussed.