Table 1 Baseline demographic data in HIV-infected children with NP specimens

Female

96 (47.3%)

Median age (IQ range)

1.8 (0.7 – 4) years

CDC Clinical Class

   N

2 (0.9%)

   A

17 (8.4%)

   B

138 (68%)

   C

46 (22.7%)

CDC Immunological

   1

44 (22%)

   2

85 (42.5%)

   3

71 (35.5%)

CD4 percentage

19 (14 – 26)

Hospitalization

   None in past

52 (25.6%)

   1

54 (26.6%)

   2

53 (26.11%)

   3

28 (13.79%)

   4

11 (5.42%)

   5

5 (2.46%)

Recruited to study during or immediately after current hospitalization

91 (44.8%)

No hospitalization

38 (18.7%)

TMP-SMX status

   No previous experience

47 (23.3%)

   On drug at baseline

141 (69.8)

   History of exposure

15 (7.4%)

Median weight for age Z-score (IQ range)

-1.6 (-3 – -0.4)

Antiretroviral therapy at baseline

19 (9.4%)

   Time on therapy

0.5 (0.2 – 1.1) years

Died within 12 months of enrolment

35 (17.2%)