Abstract

GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Ileana de la Caridad; VICHOT FERNANDEZ, Lázaro; BATISTA CARVAJAL, Michel  and  ROMERO DIAZ, Yusbelkis. The association of oral manifestations with follow-up markers in HIV persons, attending the Seropositive Integral Attention Centre Dr. Ismael Triana Torres. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2011, vol.33, n.2, pp.148-155. ISSN 1684-1824.

Introduction: There have passed already 25 years since AIDS appeared, and in those more than two decades lapsed the medicine has achieved big advances in the diagnose and clinical characterization of the disease, but a cure has not still been gotten. This syndrome is defined by a series of diseases associated to the immunodepression produced by its causal agent. The oral manifestations, typical in people with HIV/AIDS, have been related with follow-up markers both immunologic and virological. Objective: Associating the oral manifestations with the follow up markers in HIV persons attended in the SIAC Dr. Ismael Triana Torres since January 2003 to December 2007. Methods: We carried out an explicative or retrospective-experimental study. The universe was formed by 275 patients diagnosed with HIV, and the sample finally conformed to 135 individuals, selected in an stratified way. The study basic unit was the dentist consultation of the patients integrating the sample. We used statistic, descriptive and inferential methods.

Keywords : acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; oral manifestations, follow-up studies; T-CD4-positive lymphocyte; viral load.

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