Hospital Based Study of Skin Manifestations in HIV Infected Persons from Eastern India

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences,2014,4,1,926-929.
Published:February 2014
Type:Research Articles
Authors:
Author(s) affiliations:

Rudrajit Paul1, Jayati Mondal2, Atul K Saha3

1Assistant Professor and Consultant, HIV Clinic, 2Resident, 3Professor and HOD

Department of Medicine, Medical College Kolkata, 88, College Street, Kolkata-700 073, West Bengal, India.

Abstract:

HIV infection is associated with many skin manifestations. These may result from the infection itself, drugs, bacterial colonisation or as immune reconstitution syndrome. Studies concerning skin manifestations in HIV infection are very rare from India. This was a cross sectional hospital based study done in a referral clinic of Eastern India. Patients attending this clinic were screened for any cutaneous disorder and suitably tested. We had a total of 490 patients over one year, out of which 184 (37.6%) were found to have cutaneous diseases. Non-specific pruritus was the commonest manifestation, followed by oral candidiasis (n=21) and generalised hyperpigmentation (n=18). Altogether 64 cases (34.8%) were of infective aetiology with commonest conditions being scabies (n=15) and genital ulcers (n=9). Skin conditions were fairly common in our study.

Figure showing the different infective skin conditions in our study