Mucocutaneous Manifestations of HIV/AIDS : Early Diagnostic Clues

This book introduces a number of HIV/AIDS cases with mucocutaneous lesions. HIV/AIDS can manifest a variety of skin lesions due to immunological disorder, opportunistic infections and tumors always occur primarily with skin lesions. The cases included in this book reflect the diseases spectrum and evolution of mucocutaneous lesions at different stages before and after AIDS antiretroviral therapy (ART) as well. This book consists of nine chapters, including fungal, viral, bacterial, parasitic, neoplastic, inflammatory diseases, syphilis and ART-induced diseases, etc. More than 300 cases and 600 photos of representative and important clinical significances are selected, showing the different clinical characteristics of the same disease under different immune status. Clinical photos are combined with clear and concise medical history along with the discussion on it, by which the readers can understand why skin lesions can be used as the early diagnostic clues to HIV/AIDS infection. Moreover, every chapter summarizes the similarity and characteristics of each type of skin diseases, which outlines and explains why they are AIDS-related mucocutaneous lesions. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Mycoses in HIV/AIDS Patients (Yin-Zhong Shen, Wei Liu, Wei-Hua Pan, Shi-Zhen Huang, Chun-You Wang, Ying-Xue Song et al.)....Pages 1-35 Viral Dermatoses in HIV/AIDS Patients (Dong-Jie Sun, Zheng-Hui Yang, Yue-Xun Duan, Jing Liu, Xian-Biao Zou, Dan Xu et al.)....Pages 37-79 Bacterial Dermatoses in HIV/AIDS Patients (Kun-Hua Wang, Xi-Cheng Wang, Liu-Feng Yuan, Yu Xu, Hong-Min Liang, Hua-Wei Wang et al.)....Pages 81-104 Syphilis in HIV/AIDS Patients (Xia Li, Li-Gang Yang, Juan Li, Xing-Yun Zhao, Chun-Bo Wei, Yu-Ye Li et al.)....Pages 105-124 Parasitic Dermatosis in HIV/AIDS Patients (Zi-Xun Zeng, Li He, Yan-Hua Pang, Si-Zheng Tao, Lin-Yan Li, Yan-Qing Gao)....Pages 125-129 Neoplastic Diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients (Tong-Yun Liu, Pei-Zhu Zhao, Hong-Yun Zhang, Hai-Yan Min, Yu-Ye Li, Run-Xiang Yang et al.)....Pages 131-186 Inflammatory Dermatosis in HIV/AIDS Patients (Zhi-Fang Zhai, Yun Xiao, Juan Wang, Ying Tu, Rong-Jing Dong, Zhen-Zhen Yan et al.)....Pages 187-235 ART-Related Diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients (Lu-Hui Yang, Jun-Ting Tang, Xi-Chuan Yang, Tian-Wei Zhao, Jun Liu, Yu-Ye Li et al.)....Pages 237-261 Other Dermatoses in HIV/AIDS Patients (Jian-Bo Zhang, Zuo-Hui Liang, Zhi Yang, Can Cao, Na Li, Hong-Bin Li)....Pages 263-271 This book introduces a number of HIV/AIDS cases with mucocutaneous lesions. HIV/AIDS can manifest a variety of skin lesions due to immunological disorder, opportunistic infections and tumors always occur primarily with skin lesions. The cases included in this book reflect the diseases spectrum and evolution of mucocutaneous lesions at different stages before and after AIDS antiretroviral therapy (ART) as well. This book consists of nine chapters, including fungal, viral, bacterial, parasitic, neoplastic, inflammatory diseases, syphilis and ART-induced diseases, etc. More than 949 cases and 600 photos of representative and important clinical significances are selected, showing the different clinical characteristics of the same disease under different immune status. Clinical photos are combined with clear and concise medical history along with the discussion on it, by which the readers can understand why skin lesions can be used as the early diagnostic clues to HIV/AIDS infection. Moreover, every chapter summarizes the similarity and characteristics of each type of skin diseases, which outlines and explains why they are AIDS-related mucocutaneous lesions