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Table 2 Clinical features of penicilliosis marneffei among patients with and without HIV infection

From: Clinical and laboratory characteristics of penicilliosis marneffei among patients with and without HIV infection in Northern Thailand: a retrospective study

Variables

HIV-infected patients (N = 116)

HIV-uninfected patients (N = 34)

p-values

Fever

101 (87.1%)

22 (64.7%)

0.005

Lymphadenopathy

37 (31.9%)

13 (38.2%)

0.537

Hepatomegaly

42 (36.2%)

6 (17.6%)

0.059

Splenomegaly

25 (21.6%)

2 (5.9%)

0.042

Cutaneous lesions

47 (40.5%)

14 (41.2%)

1.000

 Umbilicated lesions

45 (95.7%)

5 (35.7%)

 

 Sweet’s syndrome

0

5 (35.7%)

 

 Pustular psoriasis

1 (2.1%)

1 (7.1%)

 

 Chronic ulcer

1 (2.1)

0

 

 Subcutaneous nodule

0

1 (7.1%)

 

 Subcutaneous abscess

0

1 (7.1%)

 

 Panniculitis

0

1 (7.1%)

 

Cough

32 (27.6%)

8 (23.5%)

0.826

Anemia

8 (6.9%)

0

0.199

Diarrhea

15 (12.9%)

2 (5.9%)

0.362

Arthritis/osteomyelitis

0

5 (14.7%)

<0.001

Duration of symptoms (days) (Median, IQR)

30 (14, 30)

30 (14, 60)

0.061