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Oral lesions in Mexican HIV‐infected patients
Author(s) -
Ramirez V.,
González A.,
Rosa E.,
González M.,
Rivera I.,
Hernández C.,
León S. Ponce
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1990.tb00791.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , leukoplakia , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gastroenterology , hyperpigmentation , immunology , cancer
One hundred and twenty‐five HIV‐infected patients, of whom 49 (39%) were at early stages of the infection (CDC‐II & III) and 76 (61%) in CDC IV, were prospectively examined. In 100 (80%) one or more oral mucosal lesions were observed; candidiasis (51%) and hairy leukoplakia (43%) were the commonest. Erythematous candidiasis was more often seen (35%) than the pseudomembranous type (16%), and appeared with the higher values at early than later stages. The prevalence of hairy leukoplakia, oral hyperpigmentation and xerostomia were incremented in groups CDC‐IV. Pseudomembranous candidiasis and exfoliative cheilitis increased significantly with severity of disease. Our study demonstrates that oral alterations associated to HIV are a frequent finding, both at early (76%) and late (83%) stages of the infection in Mexican patients.