Late-stage HIV/AIDS among children: the missing diagnosis of a preventable disease.
We studied 126 malnourished children who had been admitted to the Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP) hospital. Nine (7.1%) had confirmation of HIV infection and all fulfilled the AIDS-defining criteria - all had been infected through mother-to-child transmission. Only one HIV-infected mother had been screened for HIV infection during prenatal care. There is, therefore, a need to increase HIV testing in all malnourished patients, especially when routine screening for HIV infection during prenatal care is not automatically undertaken.
Gouveia
Josiana
J
Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira, Recife, Brazil.
Souza
Edvaldo
E
Falbo
Ana
A
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008403:Mass Screening; D011295:Prenatal Care