Dlova Ncoza C, Mosam Anisa
Department of Dermatology, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, P/Bag X7, Congella 4013, South Africa.
Dermatol Clin. 2006 Oct;24(4):439-48, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2006.06.002.
Since the advent of HIV/AIDS, a variety of inflammatory noninfectious skin conditions have been described in HIV-infected patients. This review will discuss a group of inflammatory, noninfectious dermatoses that, although not exclusive to HIV/AIDS, are commonly observed in HIV-infected patients and pose an apparent paradox in a disease that supposedly involves suppression of cellular immunity.
