Inflammatory Dermatosis in HIV/AIDS Patients

Skin is the largest immune organ in the body. Inflammatory dermatosis is the most common manifestation of skin and mucous membrane changes in HIV/AIDS patients, which occur in every stage of HIV infection. Inflammatory dermatosis in HIV/AIDS patients is often atypical, widespread, with long duration, symptomatic and refractory to conventional therapy. Many inflammatory dermatoses can be used as clues to diagnose HIV infection. This chapter includes pruritic papular eruption associated with HIV, seborrheic dermatitis, photodermatosis, psoriasis, eosinophilic folliculitis, hypereosinophilic dermatitis, mucins disease, and Stevens–Johnson syndrome.