Prurigo nodularis in HIV‐infected individuals

Persistent prurigo nodularis in HIV‐infected patient responsive to antiretroviral therapy with raltegravir

“…2 It is more frequently seen in patients with CD4 + cell counts below 50/lL. 3 Consistent with this finding, our patient also had extremely low CD4 + cell counts.…”

Pruritic papular eruption and eosinophilic folliculitis associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: A histopathological and immunohistochemical comparative study

“…[2][3][4][5][6] The laboratory findings also included high levels of blood IgE and eosinophilia. 13,22 The present study did not demonstrate any epidemiological or clinical difference between the HIV-PPE and HIV-EF groups except for the bodily distribution of cutaneous lesions, although the sites of the lesions were the clinical criteria for diagnosis. Both diseases affected young male patients who were determined to be HIV positive approximately 3 years previously and presented a 3-to 5-month period of disease onset (see Table I).…”

“…13,22,23 In this study, blood eosinophil levels were low in both groups even when compared with the normal parameters. These data demonstrate that serum eosinophil determination does not contribute to the differential diagnoses.…”

Thalidomide Treatment for Prurigo Nodularis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus –Infected Subjects

“…32 The pathogenesis of PN, particularly in HIV, is unclear and thought to be multifactorial. 33 In our HIV clinics in San Francisco, 18% of the patients are African American or Native American. Eighty percent of the study subjects were African American or Native American, which may support a mechanism of genetic susceptibility.…”