[HIV infection case finding in children hospitalized in a pediatric pneumophthisiology department].

The study deals with HIV infection in children admitted to the "Phthisiopediatrics" Department of Braşov Hospital. They represent about 1% of the hospitalized cases (5 of 564). Considering, however, the age group of interest (0-5 years), they constitute 4.6% of hospitalized cases. Four of the five children were born in 1989, and all of them show a rather rich pathological history, with many hospitalizations in pediatrics departments, treatments by injections and even transfusions (2 cases). Vertical transmission being excluded--the respective mothers were negative at testing--the iatrogenic infection seems most probable. Together with the study on AgHBs carriers, where the results were similar, the present study made us think over the elementary prophylaxis measures in current medical practice.