DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i06.071

Pages: 2435-2438

Among HIV seropositive patients Kaposi's sarcoma, Herpes zoster, Herpes simplex, and pruritic maculopapular rash are common according to WHO positive predictive value for diagnosis of HIV is 71-98%.Hiv associated with many dermatological conditions spectrum of skin conditions includes skin findings associated with primary HIV infection and a broad range of skin problems related to the immune deficiency of advanced AIDS. Recognition of characteristic eruptions can facilitate early diagnosis of HIV. A broad variety of neoplastic, infectious and non-infectious diseases can manifest in the skin and may alert the clinician to decline of the immune system. In this review, we describe a general clinical approach to the HIV-infected patient presenting with common skin complaints, providing a differential diagnosis for commonly encountered syndromes and a review of recently published literature relevant to this area.