title: Incidence of HIV seroconversion in paediatric burn patients.
abstract: A retrospective review of paediatric patients treated for acute burn injuries and receiving blood/blood products between 1978 and 1985, identified 52 patients at risk for HIV infection. Over 50 per cent of the identified population had received 3 or more units of blood/blood products during their acute hospital stay. A total of 214 patients (36.8 per cent) have been tested for HIV seroconversions: five tested HIV positive by ELISA and four were confirmed by Western Blot, yielding a 1.9 per cent incidence. The four confirmed patients received 2-9 total body blood volume turnovers during their postburn period in hospital. At 4 years post-exposure, two patients show active disease, one is currently asymptomatic and one has died from AIDS-related sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rutan
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bjarnason
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Herndon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013781:Texas; D065227:Transfusion Reaction