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[Clinical manifestations of AIDS in children in Kinshasa].
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1991
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Clinical FeaturesSocial SciencesPediatric EpidemiologyHigh Recurrent FeverInfection ControlSexual And Reproductive HealthPrimary ImmunodeficiencyTuberculosisChronic Viral InfectionHivClinical Infectious DiseaseClinical MicrobiologyAids PathogenesisSexual HealthChildhood Hiv InfectionTreatment And PreventionPathogenesisPediatricsClinical InfectionInfectious Respiratory DiseaseMedicine
Clinical features observed in 60 cases of childhood HIV infection at the Cliniques Universitaires of Kinshasa is reported. Exposure mode, demonstrated in 92% of cases, was essentially maternofetal (65%) and related to blood transfusion (27%). The clinical signs appeared the first year of life in children born to seropositive mothers (82%). The main clinical features were: failure to thrive, high recurrent fever, persistent cough, chronic diarrhea, recurrent respiratory infections, hepatosplenomegaly, generalized lymphoadenopathy and oral candidiasis. Pulmonary lesions were very common (90%). These lesions were related to bacteria in 20 cases, to tuberculosis in 17 cases and to interstitial pneumonitis in 20 cases.