Differences in clinical characteristics and prognosis of Penicilliosis among HIV-negative patients with or without underlying disease in Southern China: a retrospective study

Table 2 Clinical features of penicilliosis among HIV-negative patients with and without underlying disease

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

ISSN: 1471-2334