Document 0978
 DOCN  M9540978
 TI    [Dermatological aspects of AIDS in western Africa. Apropos of 140 cases]
 DT    9504
 AU    Darie H; Cautoclaud A; Lajaunie C; Millet P; Clinique de Dermatologie,
       Hopital d'Instruction des Armees; Begin, Saint-Mande.
 SO    Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1994;87(3):176-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95128197
 AB    This clinical survey, carried out during a 3 years period in the
       Dermatological Department of Bouake Hospital (Ivory Coast) analyses the
       skin and mucous membranes troubles caused by AIDS among adults. It is
       the first of that kind in Western Africa. 140 patients were concerned,
       showing carious dermatological troubles, 25 of them were counted. Few
       tropical skin diseases have their clinical picture altered by
       immunodeficiency. However, the Buruli ulcer may be described, which has
       in this condition a particularly development. We have underlined the
       particularities of some ubiquitous diseases, either because they appear
       on black skin (seborrheic dermatitis, Kaposi's sarcoma, prurigo, woolly
       hair syndrome, ichtyosis) or because they were neglected, or because
       they take an extensive form (chronic herpes, profuse condyloma). At the
       end of the survey, we are proposing a classification of the
       dermatological troubles, according to their features which might suggest
       AIDS. On this account, erythroderma, scattered forms of Mycobacterium
       ulcerans infection, and noma, find a place among the troubles suggesting
       adult AIDS in sub-saharian Africa.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS  Adult  Africa,
       Western  English Abstract  Female  Human  Male  Skin
       Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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