Urticaria and HIV Infection: A Case Report

Urticaria is a common skin rash, which can be acute or chronic. It can be idiopathic or associated with various disorders and infections, but rarely human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We report a case of an adult male presenting with a new onset of chronic urticaria. Its workup revealed newly diagn...

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Autores principales: Brar, Anaahat K, Grace, Jackline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9612890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36321049
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29662
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description Urticaria is a common skin rash, which can be acute or chronic. It can be idiopathic or associated with various disorders and infections, but rarely human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We report a case of an adult male presenting with a new onset of chronic urticaria. Its workup revealed newly diagnosed HIV. The frequency and severity of urticaria wheals improved significantly with HIV treatment.
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spelling pubmed-96128902022-10-31 Urticaria and HIV Infection: A Case Report Brar, Anaahat K Grace, Jackline Cureus Dermatology Urticaria is a common skin rash, which can be acute or chronic. It can be idiopathic or associated with various disorders and infections, but rarely human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We report a case of an adult male presenting with a new onset of chronic urticaria. Its workup revealed newly diagnosed HIV. The frequency and severity of urticaria wheals improved significantly with HIV treatment. Cureus 2022-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9612890/ /pubmed/36321049 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29662 Text en Copyright © 2022, Brar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Urticaria and HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_full Urticaria and HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_fullStr Urticaria and HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Urticaria and HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_short Urticaria and HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_sort urticaria and hiv infection: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9612890/
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