18
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      Oral manifestations in 45 HIV-positive children from Northern Thailand.

      Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine
      Candidiasis, Oral, complications, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Glossitis, Benign Migratory, HIV Infections, Humans, Infant, Leukoplakia, Hairy, Male, Mouth Diseases, Stomatitis, Herpetic, Thailand

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPubMed
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Forty-five Northern Thai children with HIV infection or AIDS were examined for oral manifestations. Of these children, 51.1% (n=23) were asymptomatic (category N), 48.9% were mildly, moderately or severely symptomatic (category A, B, C) and 48.9% (n=22) revealed oral lesions. Eleven patients (24.4%) showed one oral lesion, eight (17.8%) had two and three (6.6%) had three oral lesions. Erythematous candidiasis was the most common lesion (17.8%). Oral hairy leukoplakia was seen in 6.7% (n=3). Geographic tongue, not usually considered to be associated with HIV infection, was seen in 6.7% (n=3). Only 15 patients (33.3%) received antiretroviral therapy (ART). Comparison of patients with or without ART did not show differences in the prevalence of oral lesions. More studies in Thai HIV-infected children are needed to reveal the prevalence of oral manifestations, as well as for the predictive value of the most common or specific oral manifestations.

          Related collections

          Author and article information

          Comments

          Comment on this article