A nurse is caring for a 12-year-old client in the acute phase of HIV. Which complication should the nurse monitor for at this time?

A. Fever: In the acute phase of HIV, the virus is rapidly replicating, and the body mounts an immune response. Fever is a common early symptom reflecting viral infection and immune system activation. Monitoring for fever helps detect the body’s response and any concurrent infections. B. Pneumonia: Opportunistic infections such as pneumonia are more common during the chronic or advanced stages of HIV when immune suppression is significant. In the acute phase, the immune system is usually still able to prevent severe infections. C. Kaposi's sarcoma: Kaposi’s sarcoma is an opportunistic malignancy associated with advanced HIV/AIDS, not typically seen during the acute phase of infection in children. D. AIDS: AIDS is the progression of HIV to a severely immunocompromised state. During the acute phase, the child has primary HIV infection, and the diagnosis of AIDS has not yet been established.