title: [Oral viral infections].
abstract: Exclude herpes infection in the presence of acute oral ulcers of unknown origin, particularly in patients in poor general condition. Remember that asymptomatic HSV-1 shedding in saliva may result in an oral-genital transmission. Perform an anogenital examination and a screening for other sexually transmitted diseases when oral warts are diagnosed. Search for immunosuppression and monitor the patient (screening for a potential associated carcinoma) when there is rapid growth of oral warts. Consider all the clinical signs (systemic, skin, other mucosa, immunity...) when a patient has an enanthem or oral ulcerations. Ask for a HIV test when an oral Kaposi's sarcoma, a hairy leukoplakia or major aphthae are diagnosed.
authors: Hôpital Erasme, clinique de pathologie des muqueuses, université libre de Bruxelles, service de dermatologie, 808, route de Lennik, Bruxelles, Belgique. Electronic address: Dominique.parent@erasme.ulb.ac.be.
authors: Dominique
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authors: Parent
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy