title: [The clinic features of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on ear, nose, throat head and neck].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the clinic features of HIV infection on ENT-Head and neck area and to explore its treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  68 HIV cases in zambia were analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ages of the patients are from 3 months to 46 year old. Among them 12 cases with Lump of neck, 9 with ulcer of oral-pharynx, 9 with parctid gland enlarged, 2 with submaxillary plleymon, 5 with nasal bleeding, 17 with purulent otitis Media, 4 with atrophic rhinitis. 18 cases in 58 HIV patients had tubericulosis, diarhea and anemia. 51 cases improved after treatment while 15 cases didn't improve and 2 died.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is very important to find and treat HIV patients and to prevent transmission as early as possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou 450052.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015024:Zambia / Q000453:epidemiology