Consider the following statements regarding Molluscum contagiosum: 1. It is caused by Papilloma virus skin infection. 2. It occurs frequently in immunosuppressed patients. 3. Lesions are dome-shaped, umbilicated, skin-coloured papules with central punctum. 4. Gently squeezing the lesions with forceps after bathing can hasten resolution. Which of the statements given above are correct?
2, 3 and 4
Molluscum contagiosum is caused by a Poxvirus (Molluscum contagiosum virus), not Papilloma virus, so statement 1 is false. It is common in immunosuppressed patients, presents with characteristic umbilicated papules, and manual expression of the central core after bathing is a recognised way to hasten resolution, making statements 2, 3 and 4 correct.
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