Direct immunofluorescence vs. culture for detecting HSV in oral ulcers: a comparison.

Diagnostic tests may be necessary to determine the cause of oral ulcers. Direct immunofluorescence staining of oral smears supplies results much more quickly than viral culture, the "gold standard" for diagnosing HSV lesions. This study compares the sensitivity and specificity of direct immunofluorescence staining vs.

Fluconazole-resistant Candida in AIDS patients. Report of two cases.

Oropharyngeal candidiasis develops in up to 95% of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Oral fluconazole is frequently prescribed for persons who are human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive as initial or suppressive therapy for oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis or as suppressive therapy for cryptococcal meningitis. We report two cases of oropharyngeal candidiasis, caused by Candida albicans, which developed in two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who had taken fluconazole for extended periods.

Multi-focal oral non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in an AIDS patient.

Cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) occurring in immunosuppressed patients, including those who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, may develop in areas other than the lymph nodes. In AIDS-associated NHL, about 5% of cases of extranodal NHL are intra-oral. This case report describes the presentation of malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the mouth of a man who had AIDS.

Oral Kaposi's sarcoma: a 10-year retrospective histopathologic study.

Microscopic diagnosis of early Kaposi's sarcoma continues to be a challenge to the pathologist, as does the identification of bacillary angiomatosis (BA) which may have a similar appearance. 120 oral Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) biopsies submitted to the UCSF oral pathology service from 1981-1991 were reviewed in order to describe the clinical-pathologic spectrum of these lesions and to search for unrecognized cases of BA. Also, histopathologic features of oral KS were compared to 30 oral pyogenic granulomas, and immunohistochemical stains for endothelium-associated CD34 antigen were done.

Cytomegalovirus infection presenting as acute periodontal infection in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

During childhood, many people acquire primary infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV), one of the herpes viruses. If they later become immunosuppressed, such as occurs with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, CMV is likely to become reactivated. Severe disease caused by CMV is life-threatening in the HIV-infected population.