Views and Practice HIV and dermatosis
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Cheung Sha Wan Dermatological Clinic, 3/F West Kowloon Health Centre, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon It is common for the HIV-infected patients to present with skin problems. It has been suggested that around 86-96% of HIV-infected patients have mucocutaneous manifestations and there are approximately 2.4 skin problems for each patient.1 HIV not only targets CD4 T lymphocytes, but also attacks the skin Langerhans cells and dermal dentritic cells. With the impaired function in these antigen presenting cells, the immune defense system of the skin is compromised. This is believed to be responsible for the frequent occurrence of infectious and non-infectious skin diseases in HIV-infected patients.
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