POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access Generalized Molluscum contagiosum in an HIV infected patient Ovidiu Roşca 1* , Andreea Ardeleanu 2 , Caius Solovan 3 From The 7th Romanian National HIV/AIDS Congress and The 2nd Central European HIV Forum Sibiu, Romania. 29-31 May 2014 Molluscum contagiosum is a benign contagious disease caused by a poxvirus. In an immunocompetent host molluscum contagiosum is most frequently a self-limit- ing benign viral disease of the skin and rarely of the mucous membranes. Atypical forms of molluscum contagiosum may be challenging to diagnose and are found in immunocompromised patients where they indicate severe impairment of cellular immunity. We report the case of a 45-years old patient admitted in our department in January 2014, for skin-colored and violaceus, painless papules and nodules on the arms, forearms, chest, face, inguinal and genital regions; the lesions appeared about 6 months ago, on the upper limbs and progressively extended. The patient was diagnosed with HIV infection in 2011, but did not follow antiretroviral therapy and never submitted to control until January 2014. In January 2014: CD4: 40 cells/ μL, viral load: 112,617 copies/mL. He received antiviral therapy with acyclovir topical local therapy and antiretroviral treat- ment and evolution was favorable. Authors’ details 1 Department of Infectious Diseases I, Dr. Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania. 2 Department of Infectious Diseases I, Dr. Victor Babeş Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases and Pneumology, Timişoara, Romania. 3 Department of Dermatology, Dr. Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania. Published: 29 May 2014 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-S4-P49 Cite this article as: Roşca et al.: Generalized Molluscum contagiosum in an HIV infected patient. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P49. Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints or color ﬁgure charges • Immediate publication on acceptance • Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar • Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit 1 Department of Infectious Diseases I, Dr. Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Roşca et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14(Suppl 4):P49 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/14/S4/P49 © 2014 Roşca et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http:// creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.

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POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access

Generalized Molluscum contagiosum in an HIVinfected patientOvidiu Roşca1*, Andreea Ardeleanu2, Caius Solovan3

From The 7th Romanian National HIV/AIDS Congress and The 2nd Central European HIV ForumSibiu, Romania. 29-31 May 2014

Molluscum contagiosum is a benign contagious diseasecaused by a poxvirus. In an immunocompetent hostmolluscum contagiosum is most frequently a self-limit-ing benign viral disease of the skin and rarely of themucous membranes. Atypical forms of molluscum con-tagiosum may be challenging to diagnose and are foundin immunocompromised patients where they indicatesevere impairment of cellular immunity. We report thecase of a 45-years old patient admitted in our depart-ment in January 2014, for skin-colored and violaceus,painless papules and nodules on the arms, forearms,chest, face, inguinal and genital regions; the lesionsappeared about 6 months ago, on the upper limbs andprogressively extended. The patient was diagnosed withHIV infection in 2011, but did not follow antiretroviraltherapy and never submitted to control until January2014. In January 2014: CD4: 40 cells/μL, viral load:112,617 copies/mL. He received antiviral therapy withacyclovir topical local therapy and antiretroviral treat-ment and evolution was favorable.

Authors’ details1Department of Infectious Diseases I, Dr. Victor Babeş University of Medicineand Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania. 2Department of Infectious Diseases I, Dr.Victor Babeş Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases and Pneumology,Timişoara, Romania. 3Department of Dermatology, Dr. Victor Babeş Universityof Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania.

Published: 29 May 2014

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-S4-P49Cite this article as: Roşca et al.: Generalized Molluscum contagiosum inan HIV infected patient. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 4):P49.

Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Centraland take full advantage of:

• Convenient online submission

• Thorough peer review

• No space constraints or color figure charges

• Immediate publication on acceptance

• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar

• Research which is freely available for redistribution

Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit

1Department of Infectious Diseases I, Dr. Victor Babeş University of Medicineand Pharmacy, Timişoara, RomaniaFull list of author information is available at the end of the article

Roşca et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14(Suppl 4):P49http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/14/S4/P49

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