[Cancrum oris in children infected by HIV in the Conakry Teaching Hospital: 5 cases].
The objectives of this study were to describe the clinical and therapeutic aspects in 5 children with cancrum oris infected by HIV. Patients aged between 4 and 6 years, were recruited between February 1999 and May 2004. The cancrum oris was in all cases located in the commisuro-jugal or in the jugal regions. Oral manifestations of HIV encountered were: candidosis and cervical lymphadenopathy. Medical treatment based on antibiotic (Ampiciline-100 mg/kg/day taken in 3 injections intravenously; Metronidazole 40 mg/kg/day in 3 injections per day intravenously) combined with conservative surgery has reduced the massive destruction of the tissues and get a healing of wounds by second intention. With the advanced stage of AIDS, all patients died of opportunistic infection in the absence of the possibility of anti-retroviral treatment.
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Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale Hôpital Donka, Republic of Guinea. rafioumajid@yahoo.fr
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016701:Guinea; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009625:Noma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies