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Mucocutaneous Manifestations in Indian Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Author(s) -
Mittal Saurabh,
Mendiratta Vibhu,
Kumar Praveen,
Chander Ram
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12167
Subject(s) - medicine , mucocutaneous zone , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , immunodeficiency , immunology , pediatrics , disease , pathology , immune system
A cross‐sectional study was conducted on 44 children (<14 years) with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and an attempt was made to compare the various mucocutaneous manifestations in the untreated and treated groups and to study any correlation of mucocutaneous manifestations with their CD 4 counts. Viral infections were the most common manifestation. Discoid dermatitis and ashy dermatosis were also seen in our study. The study of mucocutaneous manifestations is particularly important in resource poor developing countries, where some of them can act as markers of HIV and make up for lack of investigations for early detection of HIV .