Oral Disease in AIDS Pictures : Thrush

Oral Disease in AIDS Pictures : Thrush

This HIV/AIDS patient presented with a secondary oral pseudomembraneous candidiasis infection. The immune system in suffers with HIV undergoes a dramatic reduction in its effectiveness, resulting in the greater possibility of secondary infections, as in this example. This infection responded to fluconazole 100 mg daily, for 1 week.
Content Providers(s): CDC/ Sol Silverman, Jr., D.D.S., University of California, San Francisco
Dermatomycoses, candidiasis, Retroviridae Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Picture & text from CDC/PHIL.

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