FEATURES OF THE CLINICAL COURSE OF THE BRONCHO-PULMONARY PATHOLOGY IN CHILDREN WITH HIV

Abstract

Aim. To characterize features of the broncho-pulmonary system pathology in children with HIV. Material and methods. The main group consisted of 28 HIV infected children and the comparison group consisted of 12 children of the same age. Boys made 18 (64.28%) and girls 10 (35.71%) of all observed children in the main group. All children underwent a serological test to identify antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus, by ELISA method. Results. More than half of the surveyed HIV - infected children 15 (53.5%) were born prematurely with signs of intrauterine growth restriction and CNS pathology. The most evident symptom for every 4 children was a weak increase or a complete absence of the dynamics of change in body weight; every third child (9 - 32.14%) suffered from Pneumocystis pneumonia. Conclusion. HIV-infected children are suffering from broncho-pulmonary pathology; lagging behind in physical and psychomotor development; subjected to frequent relapses of infections; cases of lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly are observed.