Donna Sweet, M.D.Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita
Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2004. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date. Sir, I want to know whether a patient having pityriasis versicolor can be infected with HIV? I know that it may occur in normal person due to heat & humidity.
Donna Sweet, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita
Is the question that if you have P.V., can you get HIV through those lesions? If so, no. Is the question, can someone with HIV get P.V., the answer is yes, just like HIV patients get common colds, they can get common infections. To my knowledge, P.V. is not more common in HIV infected patients than in anyone else.
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