Document 2641
 DOCN  M94A2641
 TI    Oral pathology in pediatric HIV+ patients in Argentina.
 DT    9412
 AU    Coll P; Casariego Z; Luccarini M; Lattner J; Cahn P; Hospital Fernandez,
       Buenos Aires, Argentina.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):258 (abstract no. PB0461). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369934
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To study oral pathology in pediatric HIV+ patients (pts).
       METHODS: We studied 211 HIV+ pts. (CDC P0, P1, P2) between march 1991
       and december 1993. Median follow was of 9 months. CD4 counts was
       performed by flow cytometry. Oral cavity evaluation was performed by a
       dentist, trained in stomathology. RESULTS: Oral pathology (OP) was
       diagnosed in 3 P0 pts, in 5 children who seroreverted, in 2 P1 and 38
       P2. In 3 cases out of the latter oesophageal candidiasis was also
       diagnosed in pts with low CD4 counts (corrected for age). We also
       diagnosed in pts with normal CD4 counts: angular cheilitis 1 pt,
       parotiditis 5 cases, erythematous candidiasis 5 cases. With low CD4
       counts (corrected for age) we diagnosed: 22 Pseudomembranous candidiasis
       (PC) and 1 recurrent aphtous ulcers. All P2 cases had previously
       diagnosed other AIDS-associated diseases. CONCLUSIONS: Oral pathology
       was diagnosed in 60% of P2 pts and in 5.4% of P0 and serorreverted pts
       (p < 0.0000). PC was the most frequently oral patohology diagnosed. PC
       was not an early diagnostic marker in our series, and it was associated
       with low CD4 counts and P2 stage.
 DE    Argentina/EPIDEMIOLOGY  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Child  Child, Preschool
       Cross-Sectional Studies  *Developing Countries  Female  Follow-Up
       Studies  Human  HIV Seropositivity/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Incidence
       Infant  Male  Mouth Diseases/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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