A Case of Severe HIV-Associated Psoriasis Successfully Treated with Acitretin Therapy

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that involves immune-mediated cutaneous inflammation and keratinocyte hyperproliferation. Psoriasis in patients with HIV responds poorly to treatment and has a high morbidity rate, thus posing a challenge to clinicians. Until now, there have been no d...

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Autores principales: Jeong, Yeon Sang, Kim, Min Sung, Shin, Jin Ho, Cho, Jin Kyung, Lee, Hyang Im, Kim, Hyun Jung, Choi, Jae-Phil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024875
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2014.46.2.115
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Sumario:Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that involves immune-mediated cutaneous inflammation and keratinocyte hyperproliferation. Psoriasis in patients with HIV responds poorly to treatment and has a high morbidity rate, thus posing a challenge to clinicians. Until now, there have been no documented cases of acitretin therapy for HIV-associated psoriasis in Korea. Here, we report a case of safe and successful therapy with acitretin in a 52-year-old man with HIV-associated psoriasis that responded poorly to previous treatments including steroids and ultraviolet B phototherapy. We also review the relevant literature.

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