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Dermatologic manifestations among human immunodeficiency virus patients in south India.

Int J Dermatol. 2000 Mar;39(3):192-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/20223446
Kumarasamy N; Solomon S; Madhivanan P; Ravikumar B; Thyagarajan SP; Yesudian P; YRG Center for AIDS Research and Education, and University of; Madras, Madras, India.

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be associated with a large number of dermatologic manifestations, which may at times constitute the presenting symptoms. These skin lesions are well delineated in the Western literature, but there is a paucity of information from the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. Objective We evaluated 833 persons with HIV to determine the types of dermatologic lesions present. RESULTS: The various lesions observed were oral candidiasis (45.0%), multidermatomal herpes zoster (11.2%), dermatophytosis of the skin (8.0%), herpes genitalis (7.7%), papular pruritic dermatitis (7.7%), staphylococcal infection of the skin (2.9%), oral hairy leukoplakia (2.3%), molluscum contagiosum (1.3%), genital warts (1.2%), and scabies (0.5%). Alopecia, intractable itching, dry skin, Addisonian pigmentation, and Kaposi's sarcoma were also noted. A correlation between the dermatologic manifestations and CD4 cell counts was found. CONCLUSION: Although the pattern of cutaneous lesions was comparable with that from the West, there is a strikingly lower incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma.

Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Adolescence Adult Age Factors AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY CD4 Lymphocyte Count Female Human HIV Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/VIROLOGY India/EPIDEMIOLOGY Male Sex Factors Skin Diseases/ETIOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY

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