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DOCN M9610544
TI Cutaneous manifestations of opportunistic infections in patients
infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
DT 9601
AU Tappero JW; Perkins BA; Wenger JD; Berger TG; Childhood and Respiratory
Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease; Control and Prevention, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, USA.
SO Clin Microbiol Rev. 1995 Jul;8(3):440-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96009219
AB Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) presents most commonly as a cutaneous
disease and is caused by two organisms. Bartonella (Rochalimaea)
henselae and Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintana. Biopsy confirmation of
cutaneous BA is essential because lesions can mimic nodular Kaposi's
sarcoma in appearance. Although the vast majority of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with BA have CD4
lymphocyte counts of less than 100 cells per mm3, the disease responds
well to antimicrobial therapy. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common
bacterial skin pathogen affecting HIV-infected patients. The prevalence
of skin disease due to S. aureus may be explained by high nasal carriage
rates for the organism ( > or = 50%) and altered immune function in
conjunction with an impaired cutaneous barrier. Herpes simplex virus
causes mucocutaneous disease early in the course HIV infection and
ulcerative lesions at any site in advanced HIV infection. Herpes zoster
is common early in the course of HIV infection; recurrent and
disseminated herpes zoster infections are characteristic of patients
with advanced HIV disease. Acyclovir resistance is usually seen in
patients with large, untreated, ulcerative lesions of herpes simplex
virus and in patients with chronic, verrucous lesions of
varicella-zoster virus. Cutaneous cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, and
coccidiomycosis are markers of disseminated disease and require biopsy
confirmation. Scabies is easily diagnosed but may be atypical in
presentation and difficult to eradicate in advanced HIV disease.
DE Angiomatosis, Bacillary/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY AIDS-Related
Opportunistic Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/ THERAPY
Dermatomycoses/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY Human HIV
Infections/*COMPLICATIONS Skin Diseases,
Bacterial/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY Skin Diseases,
Viral/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/THERAPY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW,
TUTORIAL
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).