HIV & AIDS
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS | HIV |
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME | AIDS |
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Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline of 600 HIV-positive South Africans (1993-96)* |
| Characteristics |
Patients |
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Gender
Men
Women |
380 (63.3%)
220 (36.7%) |
|
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Age (mean) in years |
32.9 (18.64%) |
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Route of transmission
Sexual contact
Blood transfusion
Intravenous drug use
Unknown |
522 (87.0%)
5 (0.9%)
5 (0.9%)
68 (11.3%) |
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Sexual orientation
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual |
431 (72.3%)
112 (18.8%)
53 (8.9%) |
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Ethnicity
Black
Coloured (persons of mixed descent)
White |
290 (48.3%)
223 (37.2%)
87 (14.5%) |
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* Six hundred adult HIV-infected patients were examined in the greater Cape Town area in 1993-96. Combined candidal lesions were evident in 37.8%, hairy leukoplakia in 19.7% and combined gingival/periodontal lesions in 8.5% of patients seen. Less common lesions were oral ulceration (2.9%) and kaposi's sarcoma (1.5).
Source: Arendorf TM. et al. Oral manifestations of HIV infection in 600 South African patients. J Oral Pathol Med 1998; 27: 176-179.
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Oral manifestation of HIV/AIDS
Prevalence of oral manifestations in 600 HIV-infected patients
(many had multiple oral lesions) (1998)* |
| Type |
n |
% |
| Any oral disease |
362 |
60.4 |
| 1. |
Pseudomembranous candidosis |
94 |
15.7 |
| 2. |
Erythematous candidosis |
93 |
15.5 |
| 3. |
Angular cheilitis |
40 |
6.7 |
| 1-3. |
Combined candidal lesions |
227 |
37.8 |
| 4. |
Oral hairy leukoplakia |
118 |
19.7 |
| 5. |
Linear gingival erythema |
25 |
4.2 |
| 6. |
Necrotising gingivitis |
8 |
1.3 |
| 7. |
Necrotising periodontitis |
18 |
3.0 |
| 5-7. |
Combined gingival/periodontal lesions |
51 |
8.5 |
| 8. |
Oral ulceration (recurrent and non-recurrent) |
17 |
2.9 |
| 9. |
Kaposi's sarcoma |
9 |
1.5 |
| 10. |
Salivary gland enlargement |
5 |
0.8 |
| 11. |
Melannotic hyperpigmentation |
5 |
0.8 |
| 12. |
Herpes simplex infection |
3 |
0.5 |
| 13. |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
3 |
0.5 |
| 14. |
Focal epithelial hyperplasia |
2 |
0.4 |
| 15. |
Other lesions |
7 |
1.2 |
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* Six hundred adult HIV-infected patients were examined in the greater Cape Town area in 1993-96. Combined candidal lesions were evident in 37.8%, hairy leukoplakia in 19.7% and combined gingival/periodontal lesions in 8.5% of patients seen. Less common lesions were oral ulceration (2.9%) and kaposi's sarcoma (1.5).
Source: Arendorf TM. et al. Oral manifestations of HIV infection in 600 South African patients. J Oral Pathol Med 1998; 27: 176-179.
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Oral manifestation of HIV/AIDS