Prevalencia y distribución de las candidosis orales en pacientes con SIDA establecido

  1. Ceballos, A 1
  2. Aguirre, J.M. 2
  3. Echebarría, M.A. 2
  4. Ceballo, L. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

  2. 2 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

Journal:
Medicina oral

ISSN: 1137-2834

Year of publication: 1996

Volume: 1

Issue: 1

Pages: 6-10

Type: Article

More publications in: Medicina oral

Abstract

Objetive: To study the prevalence and location of oral candidosis in patients with AIDS. Methods: Oral examination were petformed on 126 patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus ( H IV) and with CD4 + leve[ lower that 200/nun3 . The risk groups were: intravenous drug users (79,3%), homosexual-bisexuals ( 14,3%), heterosexuals (7,9%), transfusion-hemophiliacs (1 ,6%). Results: At the time of examination 54,8% of patients had oral candidosis: 38,1 % pseudomembranous type, 10,3% eritematous, 6,3% hyperplastic, 36,5% angular cheilitis, 8, 7% median rhomboid glossitis, and 1,5% denture stomatitis. The most frequent locations were the tangue and bucea/ mucosa. Conclusion: The prevalence and location of oral candidosis in our patients show differe nces with the lesions refered for other studies in HJV( +) patients and in immunocompetents. Exist different oral locations by the different types of candidosis.