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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) retrovirus causes progressive immunosuppression secondary to impaired cell-meditated immunity and decreased CD4 count resulting in an extensive spectrum of infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic manifestations.

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  1. Department of Dermatopathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Jack Abbott MD

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Misha Rosenbach

  2. Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Karolyn A. Wanat

  3. Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Robert G. Micheletti

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Laura A. Taylor

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Abbott, J. (2018). Human Immunodeficiency Virus. In: Rosenbach, M., Wanat, K., Micheletti, R., Taylor, L. (eds) Inpatient Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18449-4_35

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