Ability of HIV/AIDS patients to self-diagnose oral opportunistic infections
To assess the accuracy of HIV/AIDS patients’ self-diagnosis of common HIV-related oral opportunistic infections. Methods: 245 HIV/AIDS patients were interviewed regarding the current presence of oral candidiasis (OC), oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL), and oral ulcers prior to an oral...
| Main Author: | Patton LL |
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| Format: | Buku Teks |
| Language: | Bahasa Inggris |
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Blackwell Synergy
2001
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| Online Access: |
http://oaipmh-jogjalib.umy.ac.idkatalog.php?opo=lihatDetilKatalog&id=93075 |
| Summary: |
To assess the accuracy of HIV/AIDS patients’ self-diagnosis
of common HIV-related oral opportunistic infections. Methods: 245 HIV/AIDS patients
were interviewed regarding the current presence of oral candidiasis (OC),
oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL), and oral ulcers prior to an oral examination by an
oral medicine trained dentist examiner. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive
value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) are reported for the patient’s oral Key words: AIDS; diagnosis; hairy
lesion diagnosis compared to the dentist’s diagnosis based on established pre- leukoplakia; HIV; mouth diseases; mouth mucosa; oral candidiasis; oral ulcers;
sumptive clinical criteria as the gold standard. |
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