A bacterial infection causing distinctive red to purple, vascular, papulonodular lesions that resemble Kaposi sarcoma but are caused by Bartonella.
Oral thrush, presenting as removable white plaques on the tongue and buccal mucosa, is a very common early sign of immunosuppression.
A fungal infection that can present on the skin of immunocompromised patients with characteristic umbilicated papules resembling molluscum contagiosum.
An intensely pruritic eruption of sterile, urticarial follicular papules and pustules, typically on the face, neck, and upper trunk.
A metabolic complication of antiretroviral therapy causing a characteristic pattern of fat loss (lipoatrophy) in the face and limbs, and fat accumulation (lipohypertrophy) on the back of the neck ("buffalo hump").
The acute retroviral syndrome can present with a non-specific, morbilliform (measles-like) rash on the trunk, often accompanied by fever and pharyngitis.
Human Papillomavirus can cause extensive, treatment-resistant warts, including large cauliflower-like anogenital warts.
Can present as large, chronic, non-healing ulcerative lesions in the orofacial or anogenital area in severely immunocompromised patients.
A disseminated fungal infection that can manifest with varied cutaneous findings, including umbilicated papules, nodules, or ulcerative lesions.
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome is a paradoxical worsening of a pre-existing infection (like mycobacteria or crypto) that occurs after starting antiretroviral therapy.
A vascular tumor that presents as distinctive violaceous or brown patches, plaques, or nodules on the skin and mucous membranes.
A viral infection that can present in HIV patients as numerous, large, or giant umbilicated papules, often on the face.
A specific sign of EBV infection in immunocompromised individuals, appearing as non-removable, white, corrugated or "hairy" plaques on the lateral borders of the tongue.
A chronic, intensely itchy eruption of small, firm, skin-colored or erythematous papules on the extremities, trunk, and face.
Presents in HIV patients in a much more severe, widespread, and inflammatory form than in the general population.
Can present atypically in HIV, with more aggressive forms like lues maligna, characterized by nodulo-ulcerative lesions with necrotic crusts.
A medication side effect causing longitudinal, pigmented brown or black bands on the nails.