AIMS A study of ophthalmic molluscum contagiosum infection was undertaken to define its clinical presentation and immunopathological features. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 35 cases of histologically proved molluscum contagiosum infection was carried out. Diagnosis was delayed in 40% of cases resulting in repeated clinic visits. RESULTS Twenty one patients were noted to have ocular surf...

Molluscum contagiosum is a benign cutaneous viral infection which is caused by double- stranded DNA poxvirus. It affects mainly children and young adults and usually presents with single or multiple umblicated papules or nodules on face, arms, legs and anogenital regions. It may present in atypical size and clinical appearance in patients with altered or impaired immunity and rarely in immuncom...

Background: Different topical therapies are being used for treating molluscum contagiosum. Potassium hydroxide in varying solution strengths with irritant reaction on the skin can help in eliminating the infection. It is cheap, easily available, can be easily applied at home, with good safety profile and cost effectiveness. This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of 10% potassium hydro...

CMAJ • JUNE 15, 2010 • 182(9) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors E382 Twenty days after getting a tattoo on his arm, a 30-year-old immunocompetent man de veloped peculiar lesions at the tattoo site. He presented to our dermatology clinic three months later with umbilicated, skin-coloured, papular lesions that were asymptomatic (Figure 1A). His physical examination was otherwis...

Ecthyma Gangrenosum is a severe skin disease commonly associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia, there an increased risk of infection in patients malignancy undergoing chemotherapy notably Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We present case report CLL patient infested by P. aeruginosa.

a common bath. Not much work has been done from the point of view of the treatment of the disease and the production of immunity so as to prevent epidemics which may be a serious menace in boarding schools. The disease is said to be self-limiting. Though this may be so it still runs a long course ?at least six months?and within that time there is the danger of infecting several people or of sta...

We report a diagnosis of ecthyma gangrenosum EG in 4 females of mean age 54.8 range 43-64 years, within 10 months. Severe drug reaction treated with high dose systemic corticosteroids in patient one, acute myelocytic leukemia treated with high dose dexamethasone, and multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics in patient 2 preceded the onset of EG. Patients 3 and 4 had vasculitic purpura and hemodialys...

Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a well-recognized cutaneous infection that most commonly affects immunocompromised patients. It typically occurs on the extremities, or in gluteal and perineal regions. Although Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most well-known pathogen causing EG, other organisms have been reported to cause EG. Herein we report a rare case of ecthyma gangrenosum presenting as aggressive...