Background: Oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) is a benign hyperplasia of the oral mucosa that is
induced by Epstein-Barr virus. It occurs nearly exclusively in men infected with HIV. OHL is a …

In August 2000, a 66-year-old man was admitted to our Department of Dermatology because
of skin lesions involving ultraviolet (UV)-exposed skin areas, which had appeared …

Mollusca contagiosa predominantly affect children; their occurrence in adults is rare. In
recent years many descriptions of mollusca contagiosa in immunosuppressed patients …

Between 1982 and 1995, over 700 HIV-infected patients with different skin diseases were
registered at the Department of Dermatology, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, The Free …

To the Editor: Slightly elevated bluish-gray nodules developed on the lower legs of a 16-
year-old boy in April 1997. The nodules were asymptomatic, and the boy was otherwise in …

To the Editor: In June 1994, a 36-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infection who was otherwise healthy began to have recurrent swellings of the soft tissue (> …

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) was described by Moriz Kaposi in 1872 as a rare disorder of older
men usually of Eastern European, Mediterranean, or Jewish origin. With the rise of the …

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of protease resistance mutations
among therapy-naive HIV-1-positive German patients over time. The study was based on the …

E ditor,—Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common neoplasm in patients with the acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In Europe, approximately 29% of patients with AIDS …

SIR—Acitretin was introduced to replace its prodrug, etretinate, in the treatment of psoriasis
and other severe disorders of keratinisation. The advantage of acitretin over etretinate is its …