<prompt> All are true about Molluscum contagiosum , EXCEPT ?Caused by pox virus.Commonly seen in HIV and immune compromised subject.Treated by cryotherapy.Treated with metronidazole and doxyxycline.  <response>: Molluscum Contagiosum Benign viral infection caused by the poxvirus. Spread by close sexual or nonsexual contact and by autoinoculation Clinical features Presents with a crop of small domed vesicles with central umbilication measuring 1-5 mm in size. Diagnosis Giemsa staining of the discharge white waxy material reveals intracytoplasmic molluscum bodies Rx It consists of evacuation of the white material, excision of the nodule with a dermal curet and Rx of the base with Monsels solution ferric subsulphate or 85 trichloracetic acid. Cryotherapy and electrocoagulation may be considered as an alternative therapy. 