Oral manifestations and their correlation to baseline CD4 count of HIV/AIDS patients in Ghana.

Paul Frimpong Emmanuel Kofi Amponsah Jacob Abebrese Soung Min Kim

Published in: Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2017)

From a total of nine oral lesions, six lesions that included oral candidiasis, periodontitis, melanotic hyperpigmentation, gingivitis, xerostomia and oral hairy leukoplakia were significantly correlated with declining CD4 counts.

Keyphrases

hiv aids
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
antiretroviral therapy
candida albicans
patient reported outcomes
hiv infected
patient reported