CASE REPORT: HIV SEROPOSITIVITY AMONG TWIN BABIES FROM HIV POSITIVE MOTHER ACCOMPANYING DOWN SYNDROME AND INFANTILE LEUKEMIA

Acquired immunudeficieny Syndrome (AIDS) was first described in 1981 in US after the detection of Pnomocystitis carinii jiroveci pneumoniae (PCP) among homosexual men and immigrants from Haiti and also by identification of Kaposi sarcoma cases. Human Immunodefiency Virus (HIV) was consequently isolated in 1983. In our case report we presented twin babies with HIV seropositivity that were vertically infected and accompanied by Down Syndrome and infantile leukemia. The microbiological diagnosis, follow up and treatment of the infected babies were also discussed the case in the light of current literature.