title: Human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: Knowledge of the ever increasing spectrum in cutaneous pathology caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is essential for the clinician examining high-risk individuals as well as patients presenting with recent suspicious cutaneous/mucocutaneous lesions. Timely diagnosis of the unique lesions associated with developing immunodeficiency (such as Kaposi's sarcoma and oral hairy leukoplakia)--as well as the often atypical and overlapping infections and neoplastic and allergic manifestations--is critical in order to initiate the appropriate treatment that may prove life saving and help extend the lives of individuals struck by infection with HIV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology II, University of Vienna School of Medicine, Austria.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Knobler
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications