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Human papillomavirus type 6 infection involving cutaneous nongenital sites
Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6 is classically considered a mucosatropic virus. Interestingly, clinical manifestations of HPV 6 infection that involve nonmucosal or nongenital sites have rarely been described. The reasons for this site specific infectivity of HPV 6 are unknown. We describe a patient who had condylomata acuminata-like lesions that involved cutaneous nongenital sites; HPV 6 DNA was detected in skin biopsy specimens with use of the polymerase chain reaction, followed by hybridization with use of type-specific DNA probes
Scabies
A wildly itching patient always lends a sense of urgency to the challenge of diagnosis and treatment. The authors, who obviously have seen many such cases, calmly and efficiently lead physicians through signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the common skin infestation known as scabies