Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Query: UMLS:C0021051 (
immunodeficiency
)
71,517
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Acute exanthema occurs in patients who are human
immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) positive before they become seropositive. The patients have influenza like symptoms and a macular skin rash on the upper trunk. Histopathological investigation of skin punch biopsy specimens from four patients with acute HIV exanthema showed a normal epidermis and a sparse dermal, mainly perivascular, lymphocytic/histiocytic infiltrate around vessels of the superficial plexus. Histopathological changes of the exanthema of acute HIV infection are non-specific and resemble those of other acute
viral exanthema
, but when both the histopathological features and the clinical picture are suggestive, the clinician should take into consideration the possibility of HIV infection.
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PMID:Histopathology of acute human immunodeficiency virus exanthema. 233 16
