A hospital based cross sectional study of mucocutaneous manifestations in the HIV infected

摘要: Background: HIV infection produces a panorama of mucocutaneous manifestations ranging from macular, roseola like rash in the acute seroconversion illness to end-stage, extensive Kaposi sarcoma. Certain studies showed dermatological lesions are indicators of the immune status of the patient. So here is an attempt to find out the spectrum of dermatological lesions in HIV infected, their association with the CD4+ cell count, and to compare the pattern of dermatological lesions between patients on HAART and patients not on HAART.Aims: To conduct a clinical study of mucocutaneous manifestations in HIV-positive patients visiting Skin and STD Dept. of Krishna Rajendra (KR) hospital, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, with special reference to age, gender and risk factors.Methodology: Cross-sectional study with simple random sampling technique was conducted at KR Hospital, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, India between August 2007 and October2008. The study involved 350 HIV positive patients aged between 16-60y of which 175 were on HAART presenting with some mucocutaneous manifestations and 175 were not on HAART consisting of patients who presented with a symptom of one of the mucocutaneous lesions. They did not know if they were HIV infected. After they were tested they were found to be positive and were included in the study. They were procured from the Anti Retroviral Centre of our hospital. Mean duration of HAART initiated life is 6months. Before involving the patients in the study, written informed consent was obtained from the patient/legal guardian both in English and local language …