title: Oropharyngeal lesions in AIDS.
abstract: Any physician who is treating HIV-infected patients can expect to deal with individuals who are or will be experiencing the physical manifestations of the disease. Fortunately, most of these conditions can be successfully treated; other cases have palliative treatments that can improve quality of life and assist in pain reduction and suffering. All patients with HIV need to be managed jointly throughout their illnesses so that these patients do not receive conflicting advice, prescriptions, and so forth. Also, patients benefit from receiving care from the specialist that is most appropriate for their condition. The physician or dentist working alone can often help the patient; when they work together, however, optimum care is likely the result.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston 77225-0186, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Grimes
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents