PRURITUS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS - AN ALGORITHMIC APPROACH AND REVIEW OF SELECTED PRURITIC ERUPTIONS

Authors
MAJORS MJ COCKERELL CJ CRUZ PD
Citation
Mj. Majors et al., PRURITUS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS - AN ALGORITHMIC APPROACH AND REVIEW OF SELECTED PRURITIC ERUPTIONS, Immunology and allergy clinics of North America, 17(2), 1997, pp. 239
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Allergy,Immunology
Journal title
Immunology and allergy clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
08898561
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0889-8561(1997)17:2<239:PIHP-A>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Many HIV-infected individuals suffer from pruritic conditions that ran k highly among the most common skin diseases diagnosed in these patien ts, including eosinophilic folliculitis, eczemas, pruritic papular eru ptions, and scabies. Their management pose special diagnostic and ther apeutic challenges to our changed health care delivery environment tha t equally values cost control and quality of care. These issues are ad dressed by an algorithmic approach and review of HIV-related pruritus.