Acute infections (AI's) in pediatric patients infected or exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 765

Objective: (1) To determine the most common AI's in HIV infected and exposed children and to compare their frequency in this population. (2) To evaluate the effect of changing antiretroviral therapy and of IVIG infusion on decreasing the rate of these AI's.

Methods: The records of 130 children of whom 53 were infected(cases) and 77 uninfected (controls) were reviewed. Data were collected on all AI's with regards to etiology, temporal relationship to IVIG infusion and antiretroviral therapy.

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