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[Buccal manifestations of AIDS]

Rev Chir Oncol Radiol O R L Oftalmol Stomatol Ser Stomatol. 1989 Oct-Dec;36(4):243-54. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91134489
Burlibasa C; Tovaru S; Clinica de Chirurgie Buco-Maxilo-Faciala, I.M.F. Bucuresti.

Abstract: The disease determined by HIV, increasingly more frequent, is affecting certain groups of patients (homosexuals, drug addicts, polytransfused subjects). The clinical picture at the onset is not specific. Later on in the course of the disease the immunological capacity of defense of the organism is affected and a series of symptoms including fever, infections with bacteria, lymph-node inflammation, encephalopathies, Kaposi sarcoma will develop. Apparently buccal infections with fungi are the earliest manifestations, and they are followed, by order of frequency, by herpetic lesions, hairy leucoplasia, tumours. Transmission through the saliva from the patient to the stomatologist of the HIV infection is theoretically possible due to scratches on the physicians' hands. Prophylactic measures are described for the stomatologists treating AIDS patients, as well as for the sterilization of the instruments.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/TRANSMISSION Bacterial Infections/COMPLICATIONS Disinfectants English Abstract Human Mouth Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS Mouth Neoplasms/*COMPLICATIONS Mycoses/COMPLICATIONS Sarcoma, Kaposi's/*COMPLICATIONS Sterilization Virus Diseases/COMPLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDcomplications/transmissionbacterialinfections/complicationsdisinfectantsenglishabstracthumanmouthdiseases/KWDcomplicationsmouthneoplasms/KWDcomplicationsmycoses/complicationssarcoma,kaposi's/KWDcomplicationssterilizationvirusdiseases/complicationsjournalarticle
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