title: Molluscum Contagiosum.
abstract: Molluscum contagiosum is described as an easily treated benign viral disease of the skin. Treatments detailed include cryosurgery and curettage-the treatments of choice-and podophyllotoxin and tretinoin. History and virology also are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, Tulane University Medical Center and Tulane Hospital for Children, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Credo
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Dyment