RT Journal
A1 Lynch PJ, Minkin W
T1 Molluscum contagiosum of the adult: Probable venereal transmission
JF Archives of Dermatology
JO Archives of Dermatology
YR 1968
FD August 1
VO 98
IS 2
SP 141
OP 143
DO 10.1001/archderm.1968.01610140039008
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1968.01610140039008
AB Fifty-five adult patients with molluscum contagiosum were seen during a seven-month period. The lesions were confined to the genital area in all of the patients. Ninety-six percent of the patients had had extramarital sexual intercourse shortly before the appearance of the lesions. These two findings indicated a relationship between coitus and molluscum contagiosum. True venereal transfer seemed likely but could not be proved. In addition some unusual clinical aspects of the disease were noted.