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This study was conducted among four patients with HIV who had molluscum-like skin lesions. Shave biopsy was performed on all the patients and the specimens were sent for potassium hydroxide (KOH) mount\/gram stain, fungal culture and histopathological examination. The tissue samples from cases 1, 2, 3 and 4 are mentioned as samples A, B, C and D, respectively. KOH mount showed yeast-like rounded bodies around 6 \u03bcm in size in samples A and B. The KOH mount in samples C and D showed septate branching hyphae. KOH mount in sample C also showed large rounded bodies around 35 \u03bcm which were identified as molluscum bodies. The histopathology of samples A and B showed features suggestive of talaromycosis whereas the histopathology of samples C and D showed features of molluscum contagiosum. Culture in Sabouraud Dextrose Agar grew T. marneffei in samples A, B and C. The commonly available laboratory tests immensely help in establishing the diagnosis of molluscum-like skin lesions. However, certain nuances in laboratory tests need to be understood lucidly. Studies with larger sample sizes need to be conducted to determine the possible co-infection of poxvirus and T. marneffei, as witnessed in sample C.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijd.ijd_216_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,29]],"date-time":"2024-08-29T17:14:54Z","timestamp":1724951694000},"page":"569-572","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Case Series to Depict the Outcomes of Commonly Available Laboratory Investigations in Molluscum-Like Skin Lesions Among HIV Positive Patients"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"68","author":[{"given":"Pradeep","family":"Balasubramanian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chhakchhuak","family":"Laldinthari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rebecca","family":"Lalngaihzuali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C","family":"Laltlanzovi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Swagnik","family":"Roy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gracy","family":"Laldinmawii","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Robert","family":"Lalnunpuia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lalnunsangi","family":"Sailo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-15-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"89","DOI":"10.4103\/0253-7184.48732","article-title":"Extensive, molluscum contagiosum in a HIV positive woman","volume":"29","author":"Bhanumathi","year":"2008","journal-title":"Indian J Sex Transm Dis"},{"key":"R2-15-20240829","first-page":"1","article-title":"Review article epidemiology of talaromycosis (penicilliosis) Marneffei in India: An update: Talaromycosismarneffei, India, update","volume":"2","author":"Gugnani","year":"2020","journal-title":"Eur J Med Sci"},{"key":"R6-15-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"129","DOI":"10.1097\/00001432-200004000-00006","article-title":"Cutaneous manifestations of Penicilliummarneffei infection","volume":"13","author":"Ungpakorn","year":"2000","journal-title":"Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases"},{"key":"R8-15-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S104","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jaad.2006.08.045","article-title":"Medical Pearl: Confirming the diagnosis of molluscumcontagiosum using 10% potassium hydroxide","volume":"56","author":"Bauer","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Am AcadDermatol"},{"key":"R9-15-20240829","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"836","DOI":"10.1111\/his.12716","article-title":"Histopathological features of molluscum contagiosum other than molluscum bodies","volume":"67","author":"Ishikawa","year":"2015","journal-title":"Histopathology"}],"container-title":["Indian Journal of Dermatology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/ijd.ijd_216_23","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]],"date-time":"2026-08-26T19:06:12Z","timestamp":1787771172000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/ijd.ijd_216_23"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,9]]},"references-count":5,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/ijd.ijd_216_23","relation":{},"ISSN":["0019-5154"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0019-5154","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,9]]}}}