Impact of HIV on Childhood, Respiratory Illness: Differences between, Developing and Developed Countries

Abstract

The main differences of the impact of HIV on childhood respiratory illness between developed and developing countries, and particularly some countries in Africa, are the scale of the problem and the lack of resources to address problems of prevention, diagnosis, and management. Recent data from HIV-infected African children are reviewed and show that the pattern of respiratory disease in these children is not markedly different to the pattern that was reported from the USA and Europe prior to the use of antiretroviral therapy and routine. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis for HIV-exposed infants. Bacterial pneumonia is very common in all age groups. PCP and cytomegalovirus (C..