[Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in childhood. Report of 3 cases and review of the literature]. / Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) en la edad pediátrica. Aportación de tres casos y revisión de la literatura.

Three infants with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are reported. Two cases belong to infants died with AIDS; one of them have as infection source multiple transfusions of blood during the neonatal period and the other case was an haemophilic children transfused several times with commercial factor VIII. The third case belong to an infant, four months old, with AIDS-related complex, born of mother intravenous drug abuser. The authors comments some characteristics about pediatric AIDS and the present problems.