title: HIV-related eosinophilic folliculitis: a panel discussion.
abstract: Eosinophilic folliculitis is a common cause of morbidity in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a marker of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). No causative organism has yet been identified, although an aberrant Th2-type immune response to a follicular antigen appears relevant to pathogenesis. A variety of treatments have been reported to minimize the inflammatory component, relieve the concomitant pruritus, and/or favorably alter the cutaneous microenvironment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9292, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Majors
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blauvelt
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Cruz
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis