|
Variables
|
Group D (N = 18)
|
Group ND (N = 25)
|
P-values
|
|---|
|
Fever
|
17 (94.4 %)
|
22 (88 %)
|
0.853
|
|
Mean temperature
|
39.58 °C
|
39.67 °C
|
0.971
|
|
Lymphadenopathy
|
16 (88.9 %)
|
18 (72 %)
|
0.336
|
|
Hepatomegaly
|
10 (55 %)
|
7 (28 %)
|
0.068
|
|
Splenomegaly
|
9 (50 %)
|
7 (28 %)
|
0.141
|
|
Cutaneous lesions
|
14 (77.8 %)
|
16 (64 %)
|
0.332
|
|
Cough
|
15 (83.3 %)
|
23 (92 %)
|
0.695
|
|
Dyspnoea
|
6 (33.3 %)
|
8 (32 %)
|
0.972
|
|
Anaemia
|
16 (88.9 %)
|
24 (96 %)
|
0.767
|
|
Osteolysis
|
8 (44.4 %)
|
6 (24 %)
|
0.158
|
|
Thoracalgia
|
8 (44.4 %)
|
4 (16 %)
|
0.040*
|
|
Bloody stools/diarrhoea
|
5 (27.7 %)
|
4 (16 %)
|
0.578
|
|
Duration of diagnosis (days) (median, IQR)
|
135.5 (27–1008)
|
102 (12–635)
|
0.079
|
- Data are presented as n (%) or median (IQR), unless indicated otherwise
- *P < 0.05
- Patients with Penicillium marneffei infection were divided into two groups; Group D included patients with underlying disease, and Group ND included patients without underlying disease
