Orocutaneous Manifestations as Markers of Disease Progression in HIV Infection in Indian Setting

Histopathological study of cutaneous manifestations in HIV and AIDS patients

“…Thus, given the increasing numbers of HIV‐infected patients, most of whom demonstrate slow progression of the disease over many years, it is desirable to identify certain easily diagnosable dermatological manifestations and correlate these to CD4 counts in the Indian setting. Therapeutic interventions can then be initiated to benefit patients and thus avoid the need to wait for specialized and expensive investigations …”

Pattern of Mucocutaneous Manifestations of Hiv Infected Patients: A Retrospective Study

“…Seborrheic dermatitis was found to be the common non-infectious dermatoses by studies done by Munoz-Perez MA et al, Singh H et al and Sharma YK et al (18,20,21 ) , but studies by Goh BK et al and Chawhan SM et al (22,23) showed papular pruritic eruption as the common dermatoses. The prevalence of pigmentary disorders in our study was 5.1% and xerosis 4.5%.…”

Mucocutaneous Manifestations of HIV and the Correlation with WHO Clinical Staging in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria

“…In Nigeria, the prevalence of oral candidiasis ranges between 36 and 80% in HIV patients [ 37 , 38 ], and the condition is predictive of severe immunosuppression with approximately 50% of patients developing AIDS within 5 years [ 39 ]. Goh et al [ 11 ], Sharma et al [ 40 ], and Puttaiah et al [ 41 ] reported lower CD4 counts less than 200 cells/mm 3 in patients with oral thrush. Vaginal candidiasis also occurred in stage 3.…”