Oral Thrush Pictures 4 (AIDS / HIV)

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This HIV/AIDS patient presented with a secondary acute oral pseudomembranous candidiasis infection. The immune systems in suffers with HIV undergoes a dramatic reduction in its effectiveness, resulting in the greater possibility of secondary opportunistic infections, whereupon, patients can develop spontaneous Candidasis fungal infections.

RNA Virus Infections, Retroviridae Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral, Stomatognathic Diseases, Candidiasis, Virus Diseases

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