title: [Clinical manifestations of AIDS in children in Kinshasa].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Département de pédiatrie, cliniques universitaires, Kinshasa, République du Zaïre.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muganga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nkuadiolandu
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mashako
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Manifestations cliniques du SIDA chez l'enfant à Kinshasa.