title: Spectrum of dermatological lesions in renal allograft recipients in a tropical environment.
abstract: A total of 157 renal allograft recipients were followed for over 1-23 months for the development of dermatological lesions. The non-infective lesions related to immunosuppressive drugs included cushingoid features in 133 (84.7%), xerosis in 120 (76.4%), striae in 69 (43.9%), hypertrichosis in 65 (21.6%), facial erythema in 42 (26.7%) and friable skin in 34 (21.4%) patients. Of the infective lesions, cutaneous mycoses were the most frequent (82.6%) and included tinea corporis and cruris in 82 (52.2%), tinea versicolor in 21 (13.3%), candidiasis in 7 (4%), onychomycosis in 4 (2%) and cryptococcosis in 2 (1.2%) patients. Viral infections included those due to herpes zoster in 17 (10.8%), herpes simplex in 5 (3.1%) and viral warts in 13 (8.2%) patients. Cutaneous malignancy was seen in 1 patient only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Chugh
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sakhuja
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014329:Tropical Climate
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents