Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and cytomegalovirus infection in children with vertically acquired HIV infection.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- AIDS
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Publication Date
- Feb 16, 2001
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 335–339
- Identifiers
- PMID: 11273213
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Although survival from PCP and CMV has improved over time, these remain serious and potentially fatal infections among infants in whom maternal HIV status is not recognized in pregnancy. Breast-feeding increases the risk of combined PCP and CMV infection, which is associated with severe disease.
