A study of cutaneous manifestations in HIV infected persons.

Skin is one of the major target organs during all stages of HIV. The present study is conducted to know the dermatological manifestations among 181 HIV positive patients over a period of 17 months ie, from 01-03-2006 to 31-08-2007 at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya. Of these 181 patients, skin diseases were seen in 82 patients (45.3%), 41 patients had only one dermatological disease, 25 had two, 10 had three and 6 patients had more than four diseases. It was observed that a total of 45.3% patients among the study group developed mucocutaneous manifestations. Therefore early recognition of mucocutaneous lesions will help in early diagnosis and better management of HIV/AIDS patients.