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oral lesions of HIV & AIDS
Etiology:
1) fungal
- candidiasis
- histoplasmosis
- cryptococcus
2) bacterial
- acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
- HIV gingivitis
- HIV periodontitis
- necrotizing stomatitis
- Mycobacterium avium intracellulare
- tuberculosis
- stomatitis due to enteric organisms
3) viral
- Herpes simplex
- Herpes zoster
- hairy leukoplakia
- papillomavirus (warts)
4) neoplastic
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- lymphoma
5) other
- recurrent aphthous stomatitis
- immune thrombocytopenic purpura
- xerostomia
- salivary gland enlargement
Related
HIV1 infection; human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection
General
HIV1/AIDS-associated dermatologic disorder
mouth lesions, mucosa (oral lesion)
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 205