Bibliographic Info
GuidelineGuidelines on the treatment of skin and oral HIV-associated conditions in children and adults
Year of Publication2014
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
All HIV-infected adults (including pregnant women), adolescents and children who have been initiated on ART and who subsequently develop HIV-associated eosinophilic folliculitis should not discontinue the ART.
Notes and Remarks
- 1)Drugs: If betamethasone is not available other potent topical steroids, class III or above, may be used instead.
- 2)If there is no response or a failure in response, evaluate for other causes of papular eruptions of HIV.
- 3)Caution should be exercised in the use of oral antihistamines in infants under one year of age. Dosage needs to be adjusted in children by weight. Caution should also be exercised in the use of sedating antihistamines in children attending school.