ChapterDermatology Viral Skin Infections

Viral Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts

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A 65-year-old patient presents with symptoms of bone pain, anemia, hypercalcemia, and renal impairment. A bone marrow biopsy confirms the diagnosis of multiple myeloma. The patient is started on a treatment regimen. Which of the following treatments is most likely associated with the reactivation of herpes zoster?

ABortezomib

BLenalidomide

CDaratumumab

DMelphalan

EDexamethasone

2

What could be the most appropriate provisional diagnosis for multiple nodular exophytic reddish lesions of oral mucosa in an AIDS patient?

AAcute pseudo-membranous candidiasis

BHemangioma

CKaposi's sarcoma

DFocal epithelial hyperplasia

3

Which of the following statements about molluscum contagiosum is FALSE?

ALesions contain characteristic inclusion bodies

BAutoinoculation can spread the infection to new sites

CIt is caused by a poxvirus

DLaboratory confirmation is required for diagnosis

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