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Table 2 Aetiology of fever associated with HIV and with sepsis in a tertiary care hospital in South India during July 2007 (n = 100)

From: Fever in the tropics: aetiology and case-fatality - a prospective observational study in a tertiary care hospital in South India

Aetiology of fever

Patients

Sepsis

HIV positive3

 

n = 100

n = 9

n = 6

Bacteria

   

Tuberculosis

19

  

  TB meningitis (n = 7)

   

  TB other (n = 12)

  

1

Lower respiratory infection

11

3

 

Urinary tract infection

10

31

 

Scrub typhus

5

  

Typhoid fever

4

  

Endocarditis

3

22

 

Sepsis other

1

1

 

Spleen abscess

2

  

Bacterial peritonitis

1

  

Cholecystitis

1

  

Parasites

   

Malaria

5

  

  P. falciparum (n = 2)

   

  P. falciparum + P. vivax (n = 3)

   

Amoebic liver abscess

2

  

Fungi

   

Cryptococcal meningitis

4

 

2

Crypt. meningitis and TB (n = 2)

  

1

Undefined

   

AUF

8

 

1

PUO

5

  

Viral

   

HIV

1

 

1

Hepatitis B

1

  

Rubella

1

  

Malignancy

6

  

LMD (n = 4)

   

Pulmonary (n = 1)

   

Leiomyosarcoma (n = 1)

   

Non-infectious

9

  

SLE (n = 4)

   

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (n = 1)

   

Morbus Crohn (n = 1)

   

SAPHO syndrome (n = 1)

   

Arthritis (n = 1)

   

Malignant neuroleptica syndrome (n = 1)

   
  1. Data are presented as number of patients (n). One patient did not receive a final diagnosis.
  2. Abbreviations: LMD lymphoid malignant disorder, TB tuberculosis, UTI urinary tract infection, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, AUF acute undifferentiated fever, PUO pyrexia of unknown origin, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus; SAPHO synovitis/acne/pustulosis/hyperossosis/osteitis.
  3. 1 Escherichia coli septicaemia.
  4. 2 Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia.
  5. 3Six were reported as HIV positive; among these one had a negative HIV test recorded, one was not tested, and four were HIV antibody positive.
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