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2013| July-December | Volume 34 | Issue 2
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REVIEW ARTICLE
An update on oral human papillomavirus infection
Ankit H Bharti, Kiran Chotaliya, YS Marfatia
July-December 2013, 34(2):77-82
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:10.4103/0253-7184.120533
PMID
:24339456
Human papillomavirus (HPV) constitutes the majority of newly acquired sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in United States as per the centers for disease control factsheet 2013. Genital HPV is the most common STI with incidence of about 5.5 million world-wide, nearly 75% of sexually active men and women have been exposed to HPV at some point in their lives. Oral Sexual behavior is an important contributor to infection of HPV in the oral mucosa especially in cases known to practice high risk behavior and initiating the same at an early age. HPV infection of the oral mucosa currents is believed to affect 1-50% of the general population, depending on the method used for diagnosis. The immune system clears most HPV naturally within 2 years (about 90%), but the ones that persist can cause serious diseases. HPV is an essential carcinogen being implicated increasingly in association with cancers occurring at numerous sites in the body. Though there does not occur any specific treatment for the HPV infection, the diseases it causes are treatable such as genital warts, cervical and other cancers.
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Musculoskeletal and rheumatological disorders in HIV infection: Experience in a tertiary referral center
Alakes Kumar Kole, Rammohan Roy, Dalia Chanda Kole
July-December 2013, 34(2):107-112
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120542
PMID
:24339461
Background:
Musculoskeletal involvement in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients are important disease manifestations, responsible for increased morbidity and also decreased quality of life.
Objectives:
To study the spectrum of different musculoskeletal involvement in HIV infected patients and its impact on quality of life.
Patients and Methods:
Three hundred (
n
= 300) HIV-1 reactive patients were evaluated in respect to different musculoskeletal involvement including the quality of life from January 2010 to January 2011.
Results:
Male to female ratio was 11:1 with a mean age of 35 (±6.4) years and mean duration of the disease was 3 (±1.54) years. Majority of cases were truck drivers, motel workers, and jewelry workers. Musculoskeletal disorders were observed in a total of 190 cases (63.33%). The spectrum of musculoskeletal involvement was: Body ache in 140 (46.7%), arthralgia in 80 (26.7%), mechanical low back pain in 25 (8.3%), osteoporosis in 20 (6.7%), painful articular syndrome in 10 (3.3%), hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in two (0.7%), pyomyositis in two (0.7%), osteomyelitis in one (0.3%), and avascular bone necrosis in one patient (0.3%). Rheumatologic disorders associated were: Reactive arthritis in seven (2.3%), fibromyalgia in four (1.3%), septic arthritis in three (1%), acute gout in three (1%), spondyloarthropathy in two (0.7%), rheumatoid arthritis in two (0.7%), dermatomyositis in one (0.3%), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in one patient (0.3%). But HIV associated arthritis and diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome (DILS) were not detected. Most of the patients had decreased quality of life.
Conclusions:
Musculoskeletal involvement was common in HIV patients causing increased morbidity, so early detection and timely intervention is essential to improve quality of life.
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Dermatological manifestations in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients: Morphological spectrum with CD4 correlation
Sanjay M Chawhan, Dharitri M Bhat, Seema M Solanke
July-December 2013, 34(2):89-94
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120538
PMID
:24339458
Background:
More than 90% of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients develop skin lesions at some time throughout the course of the disease. Several skin diseases have proved to be sensitive and useful indicators of progression of HIV infection. Although these conditions may be seen in general healthy population, their occurrence in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is often atypical, more severe and explosive.
Aims:
The present study was carried out to categorize the skin lesions by histopathology using punch biopsy or cytology when feasible in HIV infected patients and to see the correlation for various skin lesions with CD4 counts.
Materials and Methods:
In total 110 known HIV positive patients with the symptomatic skin lesions, cytology and punch biopsy was correlated with CD4 counts.
Results:
Maximum patients were between 31 and 40 years. 53 (48.18%) patients had infectious and 37 (34.55%) patients had non-infectious lesions. Out of 110 patients, CD4 counts were available in 70 patients. The spectrum of various non-infectious and infectious lesions such as viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoa and their association with CD4 counts is discussed.
Conclusions:
CD4 counts below 200 were associated with the maximum infectious lesions, whereas CD4 counts more than 350 showed more of the non-infectious lesions. Most common infectious lesion was
Molluscum contagiosum
. The most common non-infectious lesion was pruritic papular eruptions.
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CASE REPORTS
Pseudoepitheliomatous keratotic and micaceous balanitis
Keshavmurthy A Adya, Aparna Palit, Arun C Inamadar
July-December 2013, 34(2):123-125
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120551
PMID
:24339464
Many premalignant and malignant lesions affect the genitalia of elderly men. These include conditions like erythroplasia of Queyret, giant condyloma acuminata, verrucous carcinoma, invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), which are relatively common. We report a case of a 65-year-old male with pseudoepitheliomatous keratotic and micaceous balanitis which is a rare penile condition affecting the elderly. It is considered as a distinct clinical entity by some, while others consider it as a condition that overlaps with verrucous carcinoma. It can also be considered a premalignant condition, as progression to invasive SCC has been noted.
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Prevalence of symptoms suggestive of reproductive tract infections/sexually transmitted infections in women in an urban area of Ludhiana
Preethi S Philip, Anoop I Benjamin, Paramita Sengupta
July-December 2013, 34(2):83-88
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120537
PMID
:24339457
Background:
RTIs/STIs present a huge burden of disease, adversely impact reproductive health, and cause suffering for both men and women with consequences more devastating and widespread among women. These infections often go undiagnosed and untreated.
Objectives:
1) To identify the most common reported symptoms of RTI/STI among married women aged 15-44 years in an urban population of Ludhiana. 2) To identify important risk factors associated with symptoms of RTI/STI in the study population.
Materials and Methods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out among married women aged 15-44 years in an urban area in Ludhiana, using the WHO-Syndromic Approach for diagnosis and management of RTIs/STIs. The sample consisted of 260 eligible women obtained by systematic random sampling, from amongst those residing in the population served by one MPHW (F).
Results:
The prevalence of symptoms suggestive of RTIs/STIs in the study population was found to be 17.3%. The most common symptoms reported by the women sufferers were urinary (dysuria 57.8%, frequent urination 53.3%), followed by dyspareunia (26.7%), unusual vaginal discharge (24.4%) and vaginal itching (22.2%). Age 35-44 years, gravidity >4, education high school/above, joint families, history of abortion, and using ordinary cloth during menstruation were found to be significant risk factors. 64.4% of those with symptoms were untreated, 68.7% of those treated reported partial relief, most of those treated preferred private doctors, and the partners were not treated.
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Penile pyoderma gangrenosum
Mariam Philip, Joan Felicita Samson, Puthenveettil Salahudin Simi, G Nandakumar, Biju Mathew
July-December 2013, 34(2):138-140
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120563
PMID
:24339469
A 70-year-old man presented with indurated penile ulcers of 1-month duration. Initial biopsy was reported as chronic ulcer. A repeat biopsy done due to inadequate response to doxycycline showed features of pyoderma gangrenosum. The ulcer healed with a course of steroids and has not recurred till date.
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Bullous disorders as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: A series of three cases
Rama Das, Somenath Sarkar, Mrinal Besra
July-December 2013, 34(2):126-128
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120552
PMID
:24339465
Bullous disorders such as pemphigus vulgaris, bullous pemphigoid after the initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy in certain human immunodeficiency virus reactive individuals have been described in this case series as a manifestation of an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. This phenomenon should be suspected in individuals who present with bullous lesions within 3-8 weeks after initiation of therapy despite of improved immunological response. Strong clinical suspicion, through clinical examination, appropriate laboratory investigation such as CD4 T-cell count, histopathological examinations with H and E stain, direct immunofluorescence test are required for diagnosis.
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Myiasis in female external genitalia
Usha Kataria, Sunita Siwach, Sanjeev Gupta
July-December 2013, 34(2):129-131
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120555
PMID
:24339466
Myiasis is derived from the Greek word-"Myia", meaning "fly". The term was first introduced by Hope in 1840 and refers to the infestation of human beings with dipterous larvae (maggots). Presence of maggots on exposed parts is already known, but on covered parts like external genitalia it is very rare. We hereby describe a case of young unmarried female who presented with multiple sinuses over external genitalia along with maggots coming out of it.
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Papulonecrotic tuberculid of glans penis: A common disease at an uncommon site
Ameet L Dandale, Rachita S Dhurat, Smita S Ghate
July-December 2013, 34(2):132-134
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120559
PMID
:24339467
A 65-year-old man presented with multiple asymptomatic papulo-pustules and ulcers over glans penis since last 1 year. The lesions used to resolve spontaneously in a few days with scarring. The clinical features and histopathology were suggestive of papulonecrotic tuberculids of the glans penis.
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Triple protozoal enteropathy of the small intestine in an immunocompromised male: A rare histopathology report
Ajay Malik, Janmeet Kulaar, Rajat Shukla, Vibha Dutta
July-December 2013, 34(2):119-122
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120548
PMID
:24339463
Enteric protozoan parasites remain the most commonly encountered parasitic diseases in HIV infected patients. Opportunistic protozoal infections that infect GIT most commonly and cause diarrhea in HIV-infected patients are cryptosporidium parvum, microsporidia and Isospora belli. Developing an infection with enteric protozoan parasites is dependent on absolute CD4+ cell counts, with lower counts associated with more severe, more atypical disease, and a greater risk of disseminated disease. We present histopathological features in a patient, where all three parasitic infections co-existed in HIV infected patient, who was under antitubercular therapy in addition to antiretroviral therapy and herpes zoster infection being treated by acyclovir.
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Condyloma lata in a preschooler: The dilemma of sexual abuse versus non-abuse
Tarun Narang, Amrinder Jit Kanwar, M Sendhil Kumaran
July-December 2013, 34(2):135-137
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120561
PMID
:24339468
It is well-known that syphilis is a sexually-transmitted or an inherited infection. Syphilis in preschoolers is rarely described in modern medical literature. Our case represents the difficulty or dilemma faced by dermatologists after diagnosing syphilis in a girl child due to inability of the young children to provide a history of sexual abuse and more over the parents/guardians also try to hide the history of sexual-abuse. Although rare, we can consider non-sexual transmission after we have thoroughly investigated and ruled out even the remote possibility of sexual abuse, because misdiagnosis of both abuse and non-abuse can be devastating to the patient and family.
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LETTERS TO EDITOR
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (zidovudine and stavudine) side-effects in people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome attending the antiretroviral treatment center of B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Asha N Shah, Umesh K Nihalani, Burzin K Kavina
July-December 2013, 34(2):148-149
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120571
PMID
:24339470
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Value of human papillomavirus typing for detection of anal cytological abnormalities
Livia Bravo Maia, Larissa Cardoso Marinho, Tânia Wanderley Paes Barbosa, Lara Franciele Ribeiro Velasco, Patrícia Godoy Garcia Costa, Fabiana Pirani Carneiro, Paulo Gonçalves de Oliveira
July-December 2013, 34(2):102-106
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120540
PMID
:24339460
Purpose:
The objective of this study was to evaluate anal cytology and human papillomavirus (HPV) typing in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Materials and Methods:
Anal samples were collected from 61 patients (44 men and 17 women) and analyzed by PapilloCheck test and conventional cytology.
Results:
Of all anal samples, 37.7% had cytological abnormalities, 47.54% were negative and 14.75% were unsatisfactory. High-risk HPV, multiple high-risk HPV and HPV 16 infection was detected in 91.13%, 78.26% and 47.82% of the samples with cytological abnormalities and in 47.54%, 6.89% and 3.44% of the negative samples, respectively. High-risk HPV infection was significantly more frequent in anal samples with cytological abnormalities than in negative samples (
P
= 0.0005, Fisher's test), particularly multiple high-risk HPV infection (
P
< 0.0001) and HPV 16 infection (
P
= 0.0002).
Conclusions:
High-risk HPV, multiple high-risk HPV and HPV 16 infections are significantly associated with anal cytological abnormalities. Furthermore, the frequency of HPV infection in anal cytological samples suggests that high-risk HPV detection has high sensitivity, but low specificity for detection of anal cytological abnormalities, but multiple high-risk HPV typing and HPV 16 typing have a lower sensitivity and high specificity. Results suggest that HPV typing may be useful as an adjunct to cytology to screen patients for high-resolution anoscopy and biopsy.
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Detection of human immunodeficiency virus using oral mucosal transudate by rapid test
Bhuvan Jyoti, Parvathi Devi
July-December 2013, 34(2):95-101
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120539
PMID
:24339459
Context:
On the cusp of the fourth decade of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome epidemic, the world has turned the corner - it has halted and began to reverse the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Oral fluid-based Rapid tests have potential advantages over blood-based tests hence the time is ripe for their use to scale up HIV screening and testing programmes.
Aims and Objectives:
To detect HIV using oral mucosal transudate (OMT) and to assess the sensitivity and specificity of the HIV Rapid test using OMT.
Settings and Design:
OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2 Diagnostic test was evaluated in sera and oral fluids from 83 subjects.
Materials and Methods:
The study group comprised of 50 HIV seropositive subjects and the control group comprised of 33 seronegative subjects. Serum samples were collected using the standard phlebotomy technique and oral samples were collected using OraQuick Rapid HIV 1/2 Antibody test OMT collecting device.
Statistical Analysis Used:
The statistical analysis was done using statistical package for social sciences version 16.0, SPSS Inc., 233 South Wacker Drive, 11
th
Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-6412. The Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value were used.
Results:
All the subjects who tested either positive/reactive or negative/non-reactive with Western blot/enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) produced similar results with Rapid test using OMT in study, our study also revealed that the subjects whether on anti-retroviral therapy or not had 100% sensitivity and specificity with the Rapid test using OMT.
Conclusions:
The Rapid test using OMT is highly accurate as the diagnostic efficacy in our study was 100% for HIV antibody detection and produced similar results to that of conventional Western blot/ELISA tests.
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Abstracts from global literature: Role of genetic factors in anti-retroviral therapy
Zarna Marfatia, Ipsa Pandya
July-December 2013, 34(2):141-144
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Abstracts from global literature: Outcomes of human papilloma virus infection in pregnancy and in newborns
Sonia Jain
July-December 2013, 34(2):145-147
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Saxophone penis after unilateral inguinal bubo of lymphogranuloma venereum
Sankha Koley, Rajesh Kumar Mandal
July-December 2013, 34(2):149-151
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120575
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Seroprevalence of HIV among blood donors in a teaching hospital at Kolar, South India
Subhashish Das, Harendra Kumar
July-December 2013, 34(2):151-152
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:10.4103/0253-7184.120577
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:24339472
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in an infant with probable HIV infection
Drishti Tolani, Ira Shah
July-December 2013, 34(2):152-153
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:10.4103/0253-7184.120579
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:24339473
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Changing incidence of nevirapine-induced cutaneous drug reactions: After revised guideline Nov 2011
Archana J Lokhande, Amita Sutaria, Bela J Shah, Asha N Shah
July-December 2013, 34(2):113-118
DOI
:10.4103/0253-7184.120545
PMID
:24339462
Aims and Objectives:
To study the change in the incidence and pattern of nevirapine (NVP)-induced adverse cutaneous reactions (ADR) after commencement of revised National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) guidelines for initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) since Nov 2011.
Materials and Methods:
The study was conducted on patients who developed cutaneous reactions after starting NVP based regimen. According to the revised NACO ART initiation guidelines Nov 2011, ART should be started if CD4 count is < 350 cells/mm
3
in stages 1, and 2 and irrespective of CD4 count in stages 3, and 4. Patients were divided in groups A and B. Group A consisted of patients enrolled on NVP-based regimen during Jan 2011 to Oct 2011, whereas, in Group B patients from Nov 2011 to Aug 2012 were included. Grading of rash, appropriate investigations and management was done.
Observations:
In Group A, out of 645 patients 30 (4.66%) patients developed cutaneous reactions, where as in Group B out of 720, 65 (9.03%) patients presented with drug reaction. In Group A (
n
= 30) developed reaction as Grade 1 in 1.55% (
n
= 10), Grade 2 in 1.86% (
n
= 12), grades 3 and 4 in 0.76% (
n
= 5) and 0.47% (
n
= 3), respectively. In Group B (
n
= 65) developed reaction, out of which Grade 1 reaction was seen in 1.39% (
n
= 10), Grade 2 was seen in 2.78% (
n
= 20), grades 3 and 4 was seen in 3.33% (
n
= 24) and, 1.53% (
n
= 11), respectively.
Conclusion:
There is a striking increase in the incidence of NVP-induced cutaneous reactions of all forms and considerable increase in frequency of severe kind of reactions with the revised guidelines.
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