Oral fungal and bacterial infections in HIV-infected individuals: An overview in Africa

Oral Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages 80-87

  Hodgson, T A ^a   Rachanis, C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Bacteria; Fungi; HIV; Oral

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AFRICA; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CAVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; SYPHILIS; THRUSH; TUBERCULOSIS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; JAW DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASES; MYCOSES; NOMA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OSTEOMYELITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, ORAL; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; JAW DISEASE; MOUTH DISEASE; MYCOSIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER;

AFRICA; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOMARKERS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAW DISEASES; MOUTH DISEASES; MYCOSES; NOMA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOSIS, ORAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS;

EID: 18344416148     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2002.00017.x     Document Type: Review

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