Molluscum contagiosum is a skin infection caused by a virus of the same name. It produces benign, raised bumps, or lesions, on the upper layers of your skin. The small bumps are usually painless.

I delayed going to the doctor thinking that it may just be a simple rash. With my condition, any new skin problem must be told to the treating doctor as soon as possible. Cutaneous lesions in ...

He was immunocompromised and undergoing treatment for cancer, when his skin lesions became infected with the newly discovered virus. This resulted in kidney failure - complication that ultimately ...

She had a generalised skin rash typical of primary varicella zoster infection with new crops ... She had been immunised according to the UK schedule. We diagnosed her tongue lesions as primary ...

Uncomplicated skin infections account for almost 200 million physician-office visits in the USA annually. Treating these infections is estimated to cost in excess of US$350 million each year.

The illness is characterized by painful skin lesions that form scabs, and it can be especially harmful in people infected with HIV. In the new study, a team led by Dr. Charles Witzel, of the ...

The chronic lesions affect the skin and the joints. Although a tentative diagnosis could be made on the basis of observed clinical symptoms and lesions, it is confirmed upon the isolation and ...

1 The authors describe the case of a patient infected with HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) presenting with leukocytoclastic vasculitis diagnosed by biopsy of skin lesions. The diagnosis of EED is ...

Results The preliminary results clearly indicated an avid uptake of the agent at the infection lesions within 6min post-injection, which increased dramatically at 20 and 60min post-injection. The ...