An Infant with Vertical Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Detected Due to Failure to Thrive.
- Author:
Byung Wook EUN
1
;
Ho Kyung LIM
;
Yun Kyung KIM
;
Yuong Ho KWAK
;
Jung Youn HONG
;
He Sun JUNG
;
Kyung Mo KIM
;
Hoan Jong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Ulsan University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Vertical transmission;
HIV infection;
Failure to thrive;
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- MeSH:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome;
Adult;
Child;
Developing Countries;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Failure to Thrive*;
Female;
HIV Infections;
HIV*;
Humans;
Humans*;
Infant*;
Korea;
Parents
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
2001;44(5):592-596
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Five to fifteen percent of patients affected by human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) are children in developing countries. In Korea, most of HIV infections in children have been transfusion-related, and cases of vertical transmission have been very rare so far and are usually suspected due to a maternal positive history. We experienced a case of vertical transmission of HIV in a 19 month- old girl, incidentally diagnosed in the process of work-up for failure to thrive without suspicion from maternal HIV history. With the increasing number of adult HIV patients in Korea, HIV in fection should be included in the differential diagnosis of children with symptoms compatible with HIV infection even when parental HIV history is not suggestive.
