ORAL HISTOPLASMOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CANDIDIASIS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS - A REPORT OF 2 CASES

Authors
NITTAYANANTA W KUMPLANONT P SRISINTORN S AKKAYANONT P CHUNGPANICH S TEANPAISAN R CHAREONWATANAN M NUNTANARANONT T
Citation
W. Nittayananta et al., ORAL HISTOPLASMOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CANDIDIASIS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS - A REPORT OF 2 CASES, British Dental Journal, 182(8), 1997, pp. 309-312
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British Dental Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070610
Volume
182
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
309 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0610(1997)182:8<309:OHAWCI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Oral histoplasmosis, a rare condition, is reported in two HIV-infected patients. The lesions showed different characteristics. One was an ul cerative lesion presenting as the only manifestation of the disease. T he other was nodular, with disseminated histoplasmosis. In both cases infection with Candida was also noted within the lesions.