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D. Craig Wright, MD; CPT Jeffrey L. Lennox, MC; LTC William D. James, MC; COL Charles N. Oster, MC; COL Edmond C. Tramont, MC
USA; USA; USA; USA; Walter Reed Retrovirus Research Group Dermatology Service Department of Medicine Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC 20307-5001

Arch Dermatol. 1991;127(2):265-266.

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To the Editor.—

Cutaneous and mucocutaneous disorders were some of the earliest recognized complications occurring in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1). Oral and vaginal candidiasis, tinea pedis, onychomycosis, and deep mycotic infections have been the fungal infections most frequently reported in these patients.¹ These infections occur predominantly in those patients with severe immunologic dysfunction characterized by CD4 lymphocyte depletion and/or anergy. We describe three CD4-deficient, HIV-1-infected patients in whom generalized chronic dermatophytosis developed.

Report of Cases.—CASE 1.—

A 29-year-old man with transfusionacquired HIV-1 infection and central nervous system toxoplasmosis presented with a 2-month history of a pruritic eruption that had appeared initially in his groin and progressively spread downward over both legs and upward onto his abdomen over the next 3 months. On physical examination a raised, erythematous, confluent, scaly eruption extended from his umbilicus to his ankles and involved approximately 30% . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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