Association between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients
Introduction: Oral diseases may be aggravated in HIV/AIDS patients depending on their immune response and lymphocyte levels. Objective: Describe the relationship between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and the main oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients from Hipólito Unanue National Hospital in Lima, Peru, durin...
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| author | Cristhian Turriate Vivar Arturo Rodríguez Flores Yuri Alejandro Castro Rodríguez |
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| description | Introduction: Oral diseases may be aggravated in HIV/AIDS patients depending on their immune response and lymphocyte levels. Objective: Describe the relationship between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and the main oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients from Hipólito Unanue National Hospital in Lima, Peru, during the year 2018. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted of 65 hospitalized patients from July to October 2018. The patients underwent oral clinical examination. Evaluation was performed of the presence of HIV/AIDS-related oral manifestations, and CD4 T lymphocyte levels were classified into three categories: > 500 cell/mm3, 200-500 cell/mm3 and < 200 cell/lmm3. Results: Of the total patients studied, 70.8% were not under antiretroviral treatment at the moment of the examination. Average CD4 T lymphocyte level was 237.65 cell/mm3, with higher results among women. 56.9% of the patients had oral lesions. Males were more commonly affected (91%). The most frequent lesion type was oral candidiasis (44.6%), whereas the category presenting the highest frequency of oral lesions was < 200 cell/mm3 (38.5%; p < 0.05). Conclusions: Male patients presented the largest number of oral lesions associated to low CD4 T lymphocyte levels. Most of the oral lesions were found at a CD4 T lymphocyte level < 200 cell/mm3. Oral candidiasis was the lesion most commonly found by the clinical examination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de3f6644e1d14b6ab78de9948216a2002024-02-06T21:35:50ZengEditorial Ciencias MédicasRevista Cubana de Estomatología0034-75071561-297X2021-04-01582e3162e31621103Association between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patientsCristhian Turriate Vivar0Arturo Rodríguez Flores1Yuri Alejandro Castro Rodríguez2Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Odontología. Lima, Perú.Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue, Departamento de Estomatología. Lima, Perú.Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Odontología. Lima, Perú.Introduction: Oral diseases may be aggravated in HIV/AIDS patients depending on their immune response and lymphocyte levels. Objective: Describe the relationship between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and the main oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients from Hipólito Unanue National Hospital in Lima, Peru, during the year 2018. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted of 65 hospitalized patients from July to October 2018. The patients underwent oral clinical examination. Evaluation was performed of the presence of HIV/AIDS-related oral manifestations, and CD4 T lymphocyte levels were classified into three categories: > 500 cell/mm3, 200-500 cell/mm3 and < 200 cell/lmm3. Results: Of the total patients studied, 70.8% were not under antiretroviral treatment at the moment of the examination. Average CD4 T lymphocyte level was 237.65 cell/mm3, with higher results among women. 56.9% of the patients had oral lesions. Males were more commonly affected (91%). The most frequent lesion type was oral candidiasis (44.6%), whereas the category presenting the highest frequency of oral lesions was < 200 cell/mm3 (38.5%; p < 0.05). Conclusions: Male patients presented the largest number of oral lesions associated to low CD4 T lymphocyte levels. Most of the oral lesions were found at a CD4 T lymphocyte level < 200 cell/mm3. Oral candidiasis was the lesion most commonly found by the clinical examination.https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/3162vih/sidalinfocitos t cd4candidiasis bucalsarcoma de kaposiherpes simple tipo 1. |
| spellingShingle | Cristhian Turriate Vivar Arturo Rodríguez Flores Yuri Alejandro Castro Rodríguez Association between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients Revista Cubana de Estomatología vih/sida linfocitos t cd4 candidiasis bucal sarcoma de kaposi herpes simple tipo 1. |
| title | Association between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients |
| title_full | Association between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients |
| title_fullStr | Association between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients |
| title_short | Association between CD4 T lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients |
| title_sort | association between cd4 t lymphocyte levels and oral lesions in hiv aids patients |
| topic | vih/sida linfocitos t cd4 candidiasis bucal sarcoma de kaposi herpes simple tipo 1. |
| url | https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/3162 |
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