title: Oral hairy leukoplakia in two children with perinatally acquired HIV-1 infection.
abstract: We report on two children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a 5-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy, who presented with oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) as a late clinical manifestation of perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. The reasons why OHL is a rare symptom in HIV-1-infected children, compared with HIV-1-infected adults, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mannelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ficarra
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vierucci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Martino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D017733:Leukoplakia, Hairy / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male