title: [Incidence of Molluscum contagiosum in children with AIDS at the Cervanoda Orphanage, District of Constanta, Romania].
abstract: In Romania, the percentage of children infected by HIV or suffering from AIDS is very high with respect to adults: in 1991, 54% of children with AIDS in Europe were from Romania. Contamination occurred mainly after transfusion with HIV infected blood. Molluscum contagiosum is a benign viral condition in immuno-competent children but in children with AIDS cutaneous lesions are numerous and disseminated. In the Cernavoda Orphanage, we have examined 50 children with AIDS and found 74% of them with Molluscum contagiosum. Lesions were located mainly on the head and the face.
authors.affiliation: Département de Physiopathologie, Faculté de Médecine, Constanta, Roumanie.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fejes
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002670:Child, Abandoned; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012383:Romania
vernacular_title: Fréquence du Molluscum contagiosum chez les enfants atteints de SIDA a l'orphelinat de Cernavoda, département de Constanta, Roumanie. Courte note.