Parthenium dermatitis in a HIV patient

Abstract

Parthenium dermatitis is a distressing problem in India. Both type 1 (immediate and late phase reaction) and type 4 hypersensitivity phenomenon play a role in pathogenesis. We prick tested the patient after administering various drugs to assess the best agent to prevent late phase reaction.

Keywords

• <i>HIV
• parthenium
• prick test </i>