Cutaneous manifestation in children with HIV/AIDS

The most recent studies have explained almost 2.3 million children areaffected with hiv up to the end of 2009. sub-saharan africa is the mainregion affected by aids compare to other parts of the world. despiteproviding competent healthcare services to prevent mother-to-childtransmission as a main way of infection to a newborn, an estimated370,000 children were newly infected to hiv in 2009. skin disorders arecommon and may even be the first manifestation of hiv in children. themost common skin illnesses are classified in four categories; infectious,inflammatory, neoplastic, and drug related (highly active antiretroviraltherapy). in addition, unusual anatomical sites, disseminated skinlesions, increased frequency and severity, unexplained clinicalpresentation, rapid onset, and finally treatment failure may be the otherspecified skin conditions in hiv/aids children. cd4 count and viralload are two basic factors playing an important role in terms of type andseverity of skin illness. the aim of this review was to show the commonand crucial cutaneous findings among hiv/aids children via publishedarticles with the same subject.