Open AccessPrevalence of pruritic papular eruption among HIV patients: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Shoubin Mohammed,
Seethalakshmi Ganga Vellaisamy,
Kannan Gopalan,
Lekha Sukumaran,
A S Valan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-0565
pISSN - 2589-0557
DOI - 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_69_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , dermatology , pediatrics , family medicine , pathology
Pruritic papular eruption (PPE) remains as one of the most common cutaneous manifestations in HIV-infected patients. Proper knowledge about understanding the risk factors associated with this disease may help to decrease the prevalence of PPE.