[AIDS in the newborn. Case report]. / SIDA en el recien nacido: reporte de un caso.

PIP: This paper presents a case study on the neonatal acquisition of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) transmitted transplacentally from mother to baby. 3 years before the delivery the mother had received a (contaminated) blood transfusion because of an abortion. The mother of the baby infected her husband. 2 other children in the family, ages 6 and 7, were seronegative confirming that HIV can only be transmitted through sexual contact, blood transfusions and perinatally. HIV can be transmitted perinatally in 3 ways: 1) transplacentally; 2) during delivery and postpartum through breastfeeding. The baby in this study acquired HIV in the uterus and developed symptoms such as those found in AIDS. His clinical symptoms included low birthweight, poor growth, diarrhea, hemorrhages, hyperthermia, hepatosplenomegaly and recurrent infections. There is concern that HIV transmitted perinatally is on the increase in Mexico due to the growing numbers of bisexuals. 68.9% of women in reproductive ages have already been diagnosed with AIDS and have acquired it through bisexual contacts.^ieng