Document 2939
 DOCN  M94A2939
 TI    A survey on the oral lesions of HIV/AIDS patient in Japan. (Report 1).
       Research Committee on Prevention of Developing Ignesies and Therapy for
       HIV Infected Patients.
 DT    9412
 AU    Ikeda M; Maeda N; Dept. of Dentistry, Kanagawa Children's Medical
       Center, Kanagawa,; Japan.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):190 (abstract no. PB0190). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369636
 AB    OBJECTIVE: In Japan, there are 2914 people with HIV and 685 AIDS
       patients as of the end of December 1993. Among these, the cause of
       infection consisted of hemophillia in 61%, heterosexials in 18%,
       homosexials in 8%, IV drug users in 0.3%, mother to child 0.2%, and 12%
       others. In order to know the possibility of oral lesions in these
       patients, a nationwide survey was initiated. METHOD: For the purpose of
       cooperation with WHO's survey on the oral lesions in HIV persons, the
       same questionnaire and diagnostic criteria as those used in the WHO's
       survey were sent to the members of this study groop, hospitals treating
       HIV infected persons, dental school hospitals and so on to ask their
       cooperation (a total of 1000 questionnaires were sent). RESULTS: Similar
       lesions as those so far reported in other countries including oral
       candidiasis, oral hairly leukoplakia, Kaposi's sarcoma and others were
       also observed in Japan. DISCUSSION: Oral lesions are apt to be easily
       detected and thus usable for early diagnosis of HIV infection and also
       as an index of HIV infection progress. Considering its possible clinical
       correlation to CD4 lymphocyte counts, elucidation of these oral lesions
       is very important. We will continue this survey over the next two years.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/
       TRANSMISSION  Adult  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/  TRANSMISSION  Child  Comparative
       Study  *Cross-Cultural Comparison  Cross-Sectional Studies  Female
       Human  HIV Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Incidence
       Japan/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Mouth Diseases/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Mouth
       Neoplasms/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Population Surveillance  MEETING
       ABSTRACT

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