HIV and AIDS patients are susceptible to opportunistic infections. Oral candidiasis or thrush is the primary manifestation of fungal infection in these patients. The objective this literature review was summarize established novel treatment options for oropharyngeal infections HIV/AIDS Azoles polyenes two antifungal drug classes employed oral candidiasis. A conducted on Medline Google Scholar O...

Mitis-group streptococci are ubiquitous oral commensals that can promote polybacterial biofilm virulence. Using a novel murine oral mucosal co-infection model we sought to determine for the first time whether these organisms promote the virulence of C. albicans mucosal biofilms in oropharyngeal infection and explored mechanisms of pathogenic synergy. We found that Streptococcus oralis colonizat...

Objectives. The objective of the study was to determine the therapeutic methods used by traditional healers to treat oral diseases in Cameroon. Methods. A total of 200 traditional healers with a mean age of 50.4 ± 14.2 years from all the provinces of Cameroon were studied using questionnaires. Information elicited was the local names of the medicinal plants used for the management of oral probl...

This study was designed to explore the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Fifty-five patients receiving diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at Zomba Central Hospital or Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre (Malawi) in 2010, were included in our study. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsies were collected for histopathological diagnosis. H...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether prophylactic antibiotics can prevent complications of measles. DESIGN Community based, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial. SETTING Bandim Health Project study area in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, west Africa. PARTICIPANTS 84 patients with measles during a measles epidemic in Bissau in 1998 (fewer than originally planned owing to interruption by w...

Recurrent episodes of cutaneous and subcutaneous ulcers, especially in the oral cavity, represent a high psychological and painful burden for the patient. If there in addition are symptoms of arthralgia and/or colitis, an autoimmune disease with vasculitis, particularly a Morbus Behçet has to be considered as a possible differential diagnosis. The therapy therefore would be an immunosuppressive...