CONTEXT: No formal comparison has been made between the pediatric post–highly active
antiretroviral therapy (HAART) outcomes of resource-limited and developed countries …

Background Few studies address the use of paediatric highly active antiretroviral therapy
(HAART) in Africa. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study to investigate …

Objective: To develop explicit criteria for patient admission in order to optimize utilization of
PICU facilities in the face of increasing demand outstripping resources. Setting …

Background: HIV/AIDS continues to be one of the greatest health challenges which sub-
Saharan Africa faces. HIV is known to invade the central nervous system at the time of …

Objectives To evaluate the virological response and to describe the resistance profiles in the
case of failure after 6 months of first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-1 …

Background: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a major cause of hospitalization and
mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected African children. Aim: The aim of …

Background. The admission of children to an intensive care unit (ICU) necessitates the
selection of children who will benefit most from scarce ICU resources. Decisions should be …

Objective: Acute severe pneumonia with respiratory failure in human immunodeficiency
virus-infected and-exposed infants carries a high mortality. Pneumocystis jiroveci is one …

Background Retaining patients with HIV infection in care is still a major challenge in sub-
Saharan Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where the …

The HIV pandemic has affected children throughout the developing world. This article
describes the experience of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Red Cross War …