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using data 20032012 updated previous analysis trends hospitalizations hivinfected children adolescents united states used data kids inpatient database healthcare cost utilization project derive nationally representative estimates number hospitalizations rates per 1000 hospitalizations select discharge diagnoses procedures 2003 2006 2009 2012 among hivinfected hivuninfected children adolescents 18 years excluding hospitalizations conditions related pregnancydelivery neonatal diagnoses also examined trends prevalence select discharge diagnoses procedures using multivariable logistic regression models 20032012 number hospitalizations hivinfected children declined 58 versus 17 uninfected odds discharge codes diagnoses procedures studied including death hospitalization remained higher among hivinfected compared uninfected children among hivinfected children prevalence discharge diagnoses pneumonia pneumococcal disease varicellaherpes zoster infections odds death hospitalization decreased time bacterial infectionssepsis methicillinresistant staphylococcus aureus increased among hivuninfected children increase diagnoses bacterial infectionsepsis otherwise trends similar number hospitalizations hivinfected children declined 2003 2012 decreased prevalence several discharge diagnoses lower risk death hospitalization likely reflect improvements hiv therapies increased uptake preventive strategies however increasing prevalence discharge diagnoses bacterial infectionssepsis warrants attention monitoring