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2002
- handle: 10670/1.yt1i9o
- 0036-3634
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Salud Pública de México
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Salud AIDS Mexico oral lesions Key words: HIV oral candidosisSujets proches
Candida infection Moniliasis CandidosisCiter ce document
Amador Velia et al., « Asociación de lesiones bucales con el estado serológico para el VIH », Salud Pública de México, ID : 10670/1.yt1i9o
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"Objective. To estimate the prevalence of oral lesions andits association with HIV serological status. Material andMethods. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conductedbetween 1998 and 1999 in Mexico City, among 512 subjectsattending two information centers of Centro Nacional parala Prevención del VIH/SIDA e ITS (CONASIDA, NationalCenter for Prevention of HIV/AIDS and Sexually TransmittedInfections) for HIV serologic testing. The oral examinationwas performed without knowledge of the HIV status.Statistical analysis was conducted using Students t test,Fishers exact test and the c2 test; odds ratios and 95% CIwere also calculated. Results. A total of 512 individuals wereexamined, 68 of whom were HIV-positive. HIV-related orallesions (OL), were evident in 65% (44/68) of the HIV-positiveindividuals; 95% of them consisted in oral candidosis (OC)and hairy leukoplakia (HL). OC and HL were stronglyassociated with seropositivity to HIV. Conclusions. OC andHL were the oral lesions most strongly associated to HIVseropositivity. The English version of this paper is availableat: http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html"