The usual dermatological manifestations seen in HIV patients include pruritus, xerosis, ichthyosis, nodular prurigo, folliculitis, eosinophilic folliculitis, pruritic papular eruption, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, viral warts, mollusca, oral and vaginal
candidosis, tinea (including onychomycosis), scabies, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and Kaposi's sarcoma.7 Drug reactions are also common in HIV positive patients.8
The oral mucosa becomes dry and atrophic, and the patients can gradually show dysgeusia, dysphagia, and dysarthria, as well as risk of developing ulcerations, caries, gingivitis, periodontitis,
candidosis, and bacterial sialadenitis, among others [19].