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[Muco-cutaneous manifestations of HIV infections in the tropics]
L Fogouang1, D L Kola, P Paquet
1Service de Dermatopathologie, Université de Liège.
Abstract:
AIDS can be revealed by some infectious opportunistic infections and neoplastic diseases. Herpes simplex and zoster of long duration, profuse mycotic diseases and Kaposi disease are among those which develop frequently in these patients. They can even represent the first signs of HIV infection. Their early recognition is mandatory in the strategy aiming at the limitation of the epidemic. Such a panel of diseases is completed by some inflammatory dermatoses among which psoriasis and some drug reactions, whose evolution is affected by the immunodeficiency.
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