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This HIV-positive patient presented with an intraoral Kaposi’s sarcoma lesion with an overlying candidiasis infection. This AIDS patient exhibited a CD4+ T-cell count <200, and a high viral load. Initially, the KS lesions are flattened and red, but as they age they become raised, and darker, tending to a purple coloration. Content Providers(s): CDC/ Sol Silverman, Jr., D.D.S., University of California, San Francisco Dermatomycoses, candidiasis, neoplasms, Retroviridae Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Picture & text from CDC/PHIL. For more information see Oral Disease in AIDS / HIV Pictures from CDC |

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