Clinical Aspects of Herpes Infection in Hiv-Infected Children

Abstract

This article presents the clinical aspects of herpes infection in HIV-infected children. A clinical examination of 57 children aged 4 to 15 years was conducted, 41 (71.93%) were boys and 16 (28.07%) were girls. The children were distributed by age as follows: 34 (59.65%) children aged 4 to 6 years, 13 (22.81%) children aged 6 to 10 years, and 10 (17.55%) children aged 10 to 15 years. The results of the study showed that the simultaneous action of such unfavorable factors as early age at the time of infection, concomitant diseases with the formation of complications, with the progression of immunodeficiency worsened the course of the disease in infected children, and led to a severe, continuously recurring course of herpes infection in HIV-infected children, especially young children.