title: Oral lesions in Mexican HIV-infected patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico, D.F.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de la Rosa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ponce de León
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000453:epidemiology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology