Bell CA, Eberly AP, Takata G, Combs RK, Deweese NE, Whelen AC. Specimens from a vesicular lesion caused by molluscum contagiosum virus produced a cytopathic effect in cell culture that mimicked that produced by herpes simplex virus.
J Clin Microbiol 2006;
44:283-6. [PMID:
16390992 PMCID:
PMC1351929 DOI:
10.1128/jcm.44.1.283-286.2006]
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Abstract
Infection with molluscum contagiosum virus, a poxvirus, normally has a typical clinical presentation; therefore, laboratory confirmation is infrequently sought and the virus is rarely isolated in culture. As reported herein, viral culture of specimens from atypical lesions may produce an abortive infection in limited cell lines and a cytopathic effect suggestive of herpes simplex virus.
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