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CME

Continuing Medical Education
Recalcitrant Molluscum Contagiosum in an HIV-Afflicted Male Treated Successfully With Topical Imiquimod
Brown CW Jr, O'Donoghue M, Moore J, Tharp M
Cutis. 2000;65:363-366.
Molluscum contagiosum is a common cutaneous infection complicating the course of patients afflicted with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. We describe a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with a disfiguring molluscum contagiosum infection of the face. Conventional cytodestructive therapies failed in this patient, but imiquimod 5% cream, an immunomodulator, clinically cleared his cutaneous disease.

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