Dicko-Traore, F., Kone, A., Sylla, M., Diakite, A. A., Konate, D., Konate, Y., Sagara, A., Traore, F., Coulibaly, H., Maiga, B., Toure, A., Diallo, A., Togo, B., and Sidibe, T.
Purpose: the aim of our study was to determine the reasons of hospitalization of HIV-infected children in our context and to identify factors associated to mortality in the course of hospitalization. Patients and method: Our study proceeded in department of pediatrics of the Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital. It concerned all the children hospitalized between March 1st and August 31st, 2010 to whom an infection with HIV was diagnosed before or during the hospitalization. Results: thirty seven HIVinfected children were hospitalized. The average age in the admission was 46,9 months and the sex ratio was 0,76. HIV infection was discovered during the hospitalization for 29 children (78,4%). Fifteen children were orphan of at least a parent. The found medical pathological histories were sickle cell disease (2 cases) and tuberculosis (1 case). The great majority (91,9%) were at WHO stage 3 or 4. The main AIDS-defining events were severe malnutrition (73%) and pneumonia (45,9%). They were followed by bacterial infections (21,6%) and malaria (13,5%). An anemia was found at 85,7 % of the children. Conclusion: Efforts must be supplied for early diagnosis and care of pediatric's HIV infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]