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Table 1 Characteristics of 142 patients receiving HAART

From: Effect of prolonged HAART on oral colonization with Candidaand candidiasis

 

First survey

Subsequent survey

 

Group

1 (N = 11)

2 (N = 83)

3 (N = 48)

Total

1 (N = 11)

2 (N = 83)

3 (N = 48)

Total

p

Characteristic

number of isolates (percentage)

number of isolates (percentage)

 

CD4+ count > 200

5 (45.5)

42 (50.6)

24 (50)

71 (50)

10 (10.9)

55 (66.3)

36 (75)

101 (71.1)

0.0003

CD4+ count ≤ 200

6 (54.5)

41 (49.4)

24 (50)

71 (50)

1 (9.1)

28 (33.7)

12 (25)

41 (18.9)

0.0003

Candida culture positive

7 (63.3)

48 (57.8)

27 (56.3)

82 (57.7)

6 (54.5)

37 (44.6)

23 (47.9)

66 (46.5)

0.06

Oral candidiasis

1 (9.1)

10 (12)

4 (8.3)

15 (10.6)

0

2 (2.4)

1 (2.1)

3 (2.1)

0.004

Hospitalized*

1 (9.1)

15 (18.1)

10 (20.8)

26 (18.3)

1 (9.1)

4 (4.8)

1 (2.1)

6 (4.2)

0.0002

Received anti-fungal drugs*

2 (18.2)

10 (12)

7 (14.6)

19 (13.4)

0

3 (3.6)

1 (2.1)

4 (2.8)

0.002

Received antibiotics*

9 (81.8)

29 (34.9)

32 (66.7)

70 (49.3)

2 (18.2)

16 (19.3)

4 (8.3)

22 (15.5)

< 0.0001

Plasma viral load (> 50 copies/ml) (N = 82)

ND

59 (72)

ND

ND

ND

22 (26.8)

ND

ND

< 0.0001

  1. * Within three months of the Candida culture, p value is calculated by total number of isolates
  2. Group 1, patients only in 1999 and 2001; group 2, patients only in 2001 and 2002; and group 3, patients in all three years.