[Cancrum oris in children infected by HIV in the Conakry Teaching Hospital: 5 cases].

The objectives of this study were to describe the clinical and therapeutic aspects in 5 children with cancrum oris infected by HIV. Patients aged between 4 and 6 years, were recruited between February 1999 and May 2004. The cancrum oris was in all cases located in the commisuro-jugal or in the jugal regions. Oral manifestations of HIV encountered were: candidosis and cervical lymphadenopathy. Medical treatment based on antibiotic (Ampiciline-100 mg/kg/day taken in 3 injections intravenously; Metronidazole 40 mg/kg/day in 3 injections per day intravenously) combined with conservative surgery has reduced the massive destruction of the tissues and get a healing of wounds by second intention. With the advanced stage of AIDS, all patients died of opportunistic infection in the absence of the possibility of anti-retroviral treatment.