Oral hairy leukoplakia is a complication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection as an early sign of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This leukoplakia, frequently seen at the lateral border of the tongue, is the oral manifestation of AIDS which indicates an oral progressive HIV infection towards AIDS. This lesion is associated with Epstein Bar Virus which can spread rapidly in…
A case of HIV infected Indonesian baby girl born from an HIV positive mother is reported. This is the first HIV infected child reported in Indonesia. The diagnosis was based on the positive DNA HIV and HIV culture in the baby's blood taken at 3 days old. At this time the baby is still asymptomatic. Despite this we gave her prophylactic treatment against pneumocystis Carinii infection to prevent…