Care and outcome of 55 children born to HIV seropositive mothers
Tricoire, J.; Robert, A.; Berrebi, A.; Puel, J.; Rolland, M.; Gayet-Mengelle, C.; Herne, P.; Rousseau, A.; Regnier, C.
Archives Francaises de Pediatrie 46(6): 401-403
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9764 PMID: 2783000 Document Number: 340967
We report our experience with vertically transmitted HIV infection in infants. Fifty-five children were prospectively followed for a period of 3 years. The neonatal diagnosis of HIV infection is not always possible and doubts about contamination may create familial anxiety which requires support by a multidisciplinary structure. Long-term prognosis is difficult to predict and it depends on the severity of the immune deficiency, the early onset of neurologic disease and the frequency of opportunistic infections.