title: Oral findings in HIV-seropositive children.
abstract: The oral findings in 47 HIV-seropositive children are reported. The patient population consisted of 25 females and 22 males ranging in age from 3 months to 6.5 years. All patients were born to HIV-seropositive mothers. CDC classification of the patients indicated that 26 were P-O, 11 were P-1, and 10 were P-2 (eight of the P-2 patients met CDC criteria for AIDS). Oral candidiasis was the most common finding (six of 26 P-O patients and six of 10 P-2 patients). Only one patient each presented with parotid swelling and gingivitis. Mucosal lesions characteristic of viral infection were not observed in any of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ketchem
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Berkowitz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McIlveen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Forrester
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rakusan
mesh_terms: D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000150:complications