Affiliation:
1. Postgraduate, Department of dermatology, venereology and leprology, Navodaya Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Mantralaya road, Raichur.
2. Professor, Department Of Dermatology, Venereology And Leprology, Navodaya Medical College Hospital And Research Centre, Mantralaya Road, Raichur.
3. Professor and HOD, Department Of Dermatology, Venereology And Leprology, Navodaya Medical College Hospital And Research Centre, Mantralaya Road, Raichur.
Abstract
HIV is a major health problem across the world. Dermatophytic infections are common in HIV infected patients. We present a case of 27 year old
male patient with atypical tinea cruris. These atypical skin changes help clinicians to recognize previously undiagnosed HIV infection.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Molecular Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Biochemistry,Biomaterials,General Medicine,Biotechnology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Bioengineering,Biotechnology,Applied Mathematics,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Environmental Science,Philosophy,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Sociology and Political Science,History,Anthropology,Cultural Studies,Plant Science,Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Plant Science,Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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