Kaposi's Sarcoma in a 6-Day-Old Infant With Human Immunodeficiency Virus

To the Editor.— Kaposi's sarcoma is a distinctive feature of full-blown acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)¹that occurs in young men, runs a rapidly progressive course, and spreads systematically.²Although numerous cases of children with AIDS have been reported, none has reported the presence of Kaposi's sarcoma in a 6-day-old infant infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Report of a Case.— A full-term male infant was born of a 22-year-old woman. The father, a 23-year-old bisexual who seeks male companionship five times a year on the average, shows no signs or symptoms of AIDS and has tested positive by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) test to HIV antibodies. Approximately 21/2 years ago, he donated blood to a sister who is now positive to HIV antibodies. The mother, a lower middle-class woman with no risk factors, had a normal pregnancy 31/2 years previously, at which time she received a blood transfusion