title: Severe cutaneous and arthritic psoriasis in patient with AIDS: a good outcome with therapy using etanercept.
abstract: We report the case of a patient with cutaneous and arthropathic psoriasis for eight years, whose sudden increased severity of the clinical picture led to a diagnosis of AIDS, emphasizing the importance of the specialist in the diagnosis of systemic diseases. The appropriate therapeutic interventions, including antiretroviral therapy and the immunobiological agent etanercept, enabled rapid improvement of symptoms and quality of life of the patient, besides contributing to delay in immunodeficiency progression.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Medicine Foundation of the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil. m.n.souza.santos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mônica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabelo
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vilasboas
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Talhari
authors.forename: Sinésio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talhari
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018450:Disease Progression; D000068800:Etanercept; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D000068800:Etanercept