A Comprehensive Review on HIV-Associated Dermatologic Manifestations: From Epidemiology to Clinical Management.

Abstract

Dermatological disorders are among the most prevalent manifestations of HIV infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In this review, we aimed to characterize the various dermatologic presentations among HIV-infected patients with a detailed categorization of the mucocutaneous signs and symptoms, their etiopathogenic factors, and clinical management. In fact, cutaneous manifestations of HIV are quite various, ranging from AIDS-specific skin eruptions (xerosis, pruritic papular eruptions, eosinophilic folliculitis, and acne), opportunistic infections (herpes simplex, molluscum contagiosum, cutaneous leishmaniasis, bacillary angiomatosis, disseminated histoplasmosis, disseminated cryptococcosis, and zoster) to AIDS-related malignancies (Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, and nonmelanoma skin cancers) and antiretroviral therapy (ART)-associated drug eruptions. We tried to classify HIV-related cutaneous presentations which can help clinicians for a better understanding of the various specific and nonspecific features of AIDS-associated cutaneous manifestations and management of the condition.

• Authors: Zeinab Mohseni Afshar, Azadeh Goodarzi, Seyed Naser Emadi, Ronak Miladi, Safoura Shakoei, Alireza Janbakhsh, Zeinab Aryanian, Parvaneh Hatami
• Journal: International journal of microbiology (Int J Microbiol) Vol. 2023 Pg. 6203193 ( 2023) ISSN: 1687-918X [Print] Egypt
• PMID: 37496761 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Zeinab Mohseni Afshar et al.