Demodicosis revealing an HIV infection

W Hachfi; D Slama; N Ben Lasfar; K Mnif; F Bellazreg; A Fathallah; A Letaief

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100525

Demodicosis revealing an HIV infection

New Microbes New Infect. 2019 Jun 9:31:100525. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100525. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

W Hachfi^{1

2}, D Slama¹, N Ben Lasfar^{1

2}, K Mnif¹, F Bellazreg^{1

2}, A Fathallah^{2

3}, A Letaief^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Service des maladies infectieuses, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisia.
² Faculté de médecine, Ibn El Jazzar de Sousse, Université de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia.
³ Laboratoire de parasitologie et mycologie, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisia.

Abstract

We report an observation of facial and upper limb demodicosis, revealing a human immunodeficiency virus infection. After an initial improvement with metronidazole, worsening of skin lesions related to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome was observed, requiring the use of steroids.

Keywords: Demodex; demodicosis; human immunodeficiency virus; immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; metronidazole.

Publication types

Case Reports