Patient Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus with Gingival Pain and Oral Soreness (Red and White Lesions)

Dent Clin North Am. 2023 Jul;67(3):495-498. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.02.028. Epub 2023 Mar 25.

Abstract

A 34-year-old male patient with poorly controlled HIV/AIDS presented with symptoms consistent with oral candidiasis and necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. He was treated with systemic antifungal agent and topical and systemic antibiotics.

Keywords: Candidiasis; HIV; Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis; Oral lesions in HIV.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Adult
  • Candidiasis, Oral* / complications
  • Candidiasis, Oral* / drug therapy
  • Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative* / complications
  • HIV
  • HIV Infections* / complications
  • HIV Infections* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pain