Table 3 Prevalence of etiologies by levels of CD4 cells count
From: Etiologies of fever of unknown origin in HIV/AIDS patients, Hanoi, Vietnam
Levels of CD4 count | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
< 50 cells/mm3 | ≥ 50 cells/mm3 | ||
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Total | 145 (100) | 50 (100) | |
Opportunistic infections | 138 (95.2) | 45 (90.0) | 0.19 |
Tuberculosis | 60 (41.4) | 31 (62.0) | 0.012 |
Talaromyces Marneffei | 48 (33.1) | 9 (18.0) | 0.048 |
PCP infection | 30 (20.7) | 10 (20.0) | 0.92 |
Bacterial pneumonia | 18 (12.4) | 4 (8.0) | 0.60 |
Septicemia | 19 (13.1) | 1 (2.0) | 0.03 |
Cytomegalovirus | 16 (11.0) | 4 (0.1) | 0.54 |
Cryptococcosis | 5 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.33 |
MAC infection | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1.00 |
Toxoplasmosis | 7 (4.8) | 4 (8.0) | 0.48 |
Non-infectious causes | 3 (2.1) | 4 (8.0) | 0.05 |
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Syndrome | 1 (0.7) | 3 (6.0) | 0.05 |
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 2 (1.4) | 1 (50.0) | 0.04 |
Coinfection | |||
1 Pathogen | 79 (54.5) | 26 (52.0) | 0.72 |
2 Pathogens | 53 (36.5) | 21 (42.0) | |
3 Pathogens | 13 (9.0) | 3 (6.0) | |