Thalidomide-A novel therapeutic approach for pruritic papular eruption of HIV.

Factors associated with pruritic papular eruption of human immunodeficiency virus infection in the antiretroviral therapy era.

BACKGROUND Pruritic papular eruption (PPE) of HIV is common in HIV-infected populations living in the tropics. Its aetiology has been attributed to insect bite reactions and it is reported to improve with antiretroviral therapy (ART). Its presence after at least 6 months of ART has been proposed as one of several markers of treatment failure. OBJECTIVES To determine factors associated with PP...

Benign persistent papular acantholytic and dyskeratotic eruption: a case report and review of the literature.

We report a case of a 35-year-old female with a persistent pruritic acantholytic and dyskeratotic eruption on the chest and vulva. The light and electron microscopic studies showed suprabasal epidermal clefting with acantholysis and dyskeratotic cells. We suggest that the most appropriate term for this case is that of benign persistent papular acantholytic and dyskeratotic eruption.

An intensely pruritic papular eruption - is there a distant cause?

Etiology and risk factors associated with a pruritic papular eruption in people living with HIV in India

INTRODUCTION Papulopruritic eruption (PPE) occurs in people living with HIV in India. Understanding the risk factors associated with this disease may help decrease the prevalence of PPE. METHODS This study was a case-control study performed at the Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, a tertiary care hospital in Chennai, India. Cases included HIV-positive, antiretroviral (ARV) therapy-naï...

Serum selenium and skin diseases among Nigerians with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome

BACKGROUND The role of selenium as an antioxidant micronutrient has garnered the unprecedented focus of researchers in recent times. No clinical study has related serum selenium concentration to skin diseases in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. METHODS In this study, 134 newly diagnosed HIV patients that satisfied the inclusion criteria we...