Table 2 Results of rapid diagnostic tests for PLHIV admitted in the medical wards and screened for TB and CM stratified by the CD4 cell count at KCH, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2016–2017
Characteristic | Total N (%) | CD4 cell count | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤ 100 cells/mm3 N (%) | 101–200 cells/mm3 N (%) | > 200 cells/mm3 N (%) | |||
Serum CrAg | |||||
Negative | 278 (92.4) | 108 (88.5) | 52 (91.2) | 118 (96.7) | |
Positive | 23 (7.6) | 14 (11.5) | 5 (8.8) | 4 (3.3) | 0.04 |
Urine LAM | |||||
Negative | 282 (77.7) | 103 (68.2) | 55 (80.9) | 124 (86.1) | |
Positive | 81 (22.3) | 48 (31.8) | 13 (19.1) | 20 (13.9) | 0.001 |
Urine X-pert | |||||
Negative | 278 (95.2) | 104 (88.9) | 57 (98.3) | 117 (100) | |
Positive | 14 (4.8) | 13 (11.1) | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0) | < 0.001 |