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Mitchell E. Bender, MD
Department of Dermatology University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455

Arch Dermatol. 1987;123(10):1266.

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In Reply.—

I would like to respond to the letter by Dr Goldenring regarding anogenital warts in children. I am in basic agreement with many comments made by Dr Goldenring. Clearly, any child presenting with warts found perirectally, perivaginally, periurethrally, or on the penis must be strongly suspected as being a sexual abuse victim. One must, however, consider the possibility that a neonate less than 1 year old acquired his or her anogenital warts from a mother infected with human papillomavirus at the time of delivery.¹

Dr Goldenring apparently believes that the validity of the article by Krzyzek et al² is in doubt. In this article, human papillomaviruses types 1 through 3 were found in adult anogenital warts. Since types 1 through 3 are routinely found in common and plantar warts, the question arises whether wart virus transmission from nonvenereal warts to genital skin occurs with significant frequency.

Dr Harold . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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