title: [The clinic manifestation of 86 cases with human immunodeficiency virus infection on pharynx and larynx].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand and recognize the clinic manifestation of HIV infection on pharynx and larynx.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-six cases with HIV infection in Dodoma, Tanzania were briefly reviewed. According to the laboratory results, all patients received the treatments of antibiotics, antifungal agents and heteropathy or supporting treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The follow-up was from 4 to 20 months. Fifty-nine cases improved after treatment while 24 cases didn't improved and 3 cases died.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The otolaryngologist must be familiar with different diagnostic possibilities and therapeutic alternatives when patients present with throat complaints. Local infections were characterized by the recurrence and deferment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yuanen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents