Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Izadnegahdar R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3868946 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Izadnegahdar Rasa R Fox Matthew P MP Jeena Prakash P Qazi Shamim A SA Thea Donald M DM
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 20140101 1
HIV-exposed uninfected infants are an increasing population. Past analyses have often categorized these infants as uninfected leading to inaccurate conclusions. We present a HIV exposure, rather than infection, based reanalysis of treatment failure among children with pneumonia to show that failure odds among HIV-exposed uninfected infants are intermediate between their unexposed and infected counterparts. Additional prospective studies aimed at better understanding this population are needed. ...[more]