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  • Title: [The clinic manifestation of 86 cases with human immunodeficiency virus infection on pharynx and larynx].
    Author: Li M, Xie G, Peng Y.
    Journal: Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi; 2004 Nov; 18(11):672-4. PubMed ID: 15715414.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To understand and recognize the clinic manifestation of HIV infection on pharynx and larynx. METHOD: Eighty-six cases with HIV infection in Dodoma, Tanzania were briefly reviewed. According to the laboratory results, all patients received the treatments of antibiotics, antifungal agents and heteropathy or supporting treatment. RESULT: The follow-up was from 4 to 20 months. Fifty-nine cases improved after treatment while 24 cases didn't improved and 3 cases died. CONCLUSION: The otolaryngologist must be familiar with different diagnostic possibilities and therapeutic alternatives when patients present with throat complaints. Local infections were characterized by the recurrence and deferment.
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