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Oral lesions in HIV positive AIDS adolescents perinatally infected undergoing HAART

Noris Pavía-ruzHéctor Meráz-acostaRocío Muñoz-hernándezAnitza Domínguez-sánchezLuis Alberto Gaitán-cepedaAna-maría Valles-medinaRoberto Verdugo-díaz

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Pediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyImmune statusOpportunistic infectionbusiness.industryHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)virus diseases:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]medicine.disease_causemedicine.diseaseAntiretroviral therapyLesionOtorhinolaryngologyAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)ImmunologyUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASmedicineSurgeryHealth organizationmedicine.symptombusinessGeneral DentistryViral load

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Objective: To assess the prevalence of the oral lesions related to HIV-infection (HIV-OL) in HIV+/AIDS adolescents (=13 years old), and the differences with HIV+/AIDS children (=3 - 0.05). Oral candidiasis was the most prevalent oral lesion in both groups. Association (p <0.05) of a high prevalence of HIV-OL and oral candidiasis with a high viral load was observed in both study groups. Conclusions: Adolescents perinatally HIV-infected have a high prevalence of HIV-OL. Oral candidiasis still is the most frequent oral opportunistic infection. Oral lesions could have association to viral failure in HIV+/AIDS adolescents undergoing HAART

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2010-01-01
10.4317/medoral.15.e545http://hdl.handle.net/10550/60272