Cutaneous Manifestations of HIV/AIDS in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: Evidence from Bangladesh

作     者：Mohammad Rafiqul Mowla Mohammed Abul Manchur A Q M Serajul Islam Toby Maurer Mohammad Rafiqul Mowla;Mohammed Abul Manchur;A Q M Serajul Islam;Toby Maurer

作者机构：Department of Dermatology and VenereologyChittagong Medical CollegeChittagong 4203Bangladesh Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of ChittagongChittagong 4331Bangladesh Department of DermatologyIndiana UniversityBloomingtonIN 47405USA Institute for Global HealthUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCA 94110USA 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Dermatology and Venereology》 (国际皮肤性病学杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第5卷第1期

页      面：8-14页

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Bangladesh Chittagong cutaneous highly active antiretroviral therapy(HAART) human immunodefi-ciency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(HIV/AIDS) 

摘      要：Objective:Skin diseases are common and striking features of patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(HIV/AIDS)and may vary considerably by ethnic and geographic regions and by the influence of highly active antiretroviral therapy(HAART).However,little information exists regarding the cutaneous manifestations of patients with HIV/AIDS in *** study was performed to elucidate the spectrum of cutaneous disorders in patients with HIV/AIDS in the era of ***:This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in Chittagong Medical College Hospital,Bangladesh from January 2017 and December *** case of HIV/AIDS for HAART therapy and all cases of HIV/AIDS who are already on HAART therapy were included in this *** statistical analysis was carried out by using frequencies and ***:Of 40 patients with HIV/AIDS,22(55.0%)were male and 18(45.0%)were *** patients ranged in age from 8 to 60 years,with a mean age of 38±0.966 *** all age groups,the highest 19(47.5%)patients were in the 31-to 40-year age *** of the patients were migrant workers[22/40(55.0%)]with low socioeconomic status[32/40(80.0%)],and the most common transmission mode was heterosexual activity[36/40(90.0%)].Most of the patients[32/40(80.0%)]had mucocutaneous disorders,30/40(75.0%)had infective dermatoses,and 21/40(52.5%)had non-infective inflammatory *** of forty(20.0%)patients presented with three or more skin *** most common infective dermatoses were fungal infections[15/40(37.5%)],followed by viral infections[8/40(20.0%)],bacterial infections[4/40(10.0%)],and scabies[3/40(7.5%)].The most common non-infective dermatosis was generalized pruritus[6/40(15.0%)],followed by prurigo simplex[4/40(10.0%)],psoriasis[4/40(10.0%)],eczema[3/40(7.5%)],pruritic papular eruption[1/40(2.5%)],seborrheic dermatitis[1/40(2.5%)],urticaria[1/40(2.5%)],and xerosis[1/40(2.5%)].Patients treat