Table 1

Oral lesions seen in HIV disease and their grouping according to the EC Clearinghouse on Oral Problems Related to HIV Infection, revised classification ²²

I = group I “lesions strongly associated with HIV infection”.
II = group II “lesions commonly associated with HIV infection”.
III = group III “lesions associated with HIV infection”.
Neoplastic conditions	Viral infections
Kaposi's sarcoma^I	Herpes simplex virus (HSV)^II
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma^I	Primary herpes simplex I or II
	Recurrent oral herpes
Bacterial infections	Herpes labialis (recurrent)
Periodontal infections	Herpes zoster virus^II
Acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG)^I	Cytomegalovirus (CMV) ulcers^III
Linear gingival erythema (LGE)^I	Hairy leucoplakia^I
Acute necrotising ulcerative periodontitis (ANUP)^I	Human papilloma virus (HPV)^II
Acute necrotising stomatitis (ANS)^II	Condyloma acuminatum^II
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare ^II	Focal epithelial hyperplasia^II
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ^II	Verruca vulgaris^II
Actinomyces israelii ^III	Molluscum contageosum^III
Escherichia coli ^III
Klebsiella pneumoniae ^III	Autoimmune disorders
	Recurrent aphthous ulcers^III
Fungal infections	HIV salivary gland disease^II (DILS)
Oral candidosis	Thrombocytopenic purpura^II
Pseudomembranous candidosis (thrush)^I
Erythematous candidosis^I	Neurological disturbances
Chronic hyperplastic candidosis	Trigeminal neuralgia^III
Angular chelitis (C albicans and staphylococci)	Facial palsy (idiopathic)^III
Cryptococcus neoformans ^III	Drug induced neuropathies
Geotrichum candidum ^III
Histoplasma capsulatum ^III	Other conditions
Mucoracea ^III	Non-specific oral ulceration^II
Aspergillus flavus ^III	Melanotic hyperpigmentation^II
	Xerostomia (drug induced/other)
	Epithelioid angiomatosis^II
	Cat scratch disease^III