Disseminated giant molluscum contagiosum in a patient with idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia: Successful eradication with systemic interferon

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-198

  Böhm, Markus ^a   Luger, Thomas A ^a   Bonsmann, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia; Immune deficiency; Interferon; Lymphocytes; Molluscum contagiosum

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIQUIMOD; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PENTAMIDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LYMPHOPENIA; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 53549122460     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000141649     Document Type: Article

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