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Table 2 Discharge diagnoses and in-hospital mortality of HIV-infected adults admitted to Bugando Medical Centre

From: Universal screening of Tanzanian HIV-infected adult inpatients with the serum cryptococcal antigen to improve diagnosis and reduce mortality: an operational study

Diagnosis Frequency Mortality rate % of overall
mortality
   Malaria 53/333 (15.9%) 1/53 (1.9%) 1/38 (2.6%)
   Tuberculosis 36/333 (10.8%) 1/36 (2.8%) 1/38 (2.6%)
   Non-cryptococcal meningitis 31/333 (9.3%) 9/31 (29%) 9/38 (23.7%)
   Chronic diarrhea 25/333 (7.5%) 1/25 (4%) 1/38(2.6%)
   Bacterial pneumonia 21/333 (6.3%) 1/21 (4.8%) 1/38 (2.6%)
   Anemia 11/333 (3.3%) 1/11 (9.1%) 1/38 (2.6%)
    Cryptococcal meningitis 15/333 (4.5%) 10/15 (66.7%) 10/38 (26.3%)
   Pneumocystis pneumonia 14/333 (4.2%) 3/14 (21.4%) 3/38 (7.9%)
   Schistosomiasis 13/333 (3.9%) 2/13 (15.4%) 2/38 (5.3%)
   Acute diarrhea 11/333 (3.3%) 0 0
  1. Other diagnoses (deaths listed in parentheses): Esophageal candidiasis 9 (0), Urinary tract infections 9 (0), Kaposi's sarcoma 8 (0), Peripheral neuropathy 8 (0), Peptic ulcer diseases 5 (0), Spontaneous bacteria peritonitis 7 (0), Deep vein thrombosis 5 (0), Abscesses 5 (1), Pleural effusion 5 (0), Hypertension 4 (0), Wasting syndrome 3 (1), HIV-associated nephropathy 3 (0), Encephalopathy 3(0), Diabetic mellitus 2 (0), Skin cryptococcal infection 2 (0), Peripartum cardiomyopathy 2 (0), Stroke 2 (1), Viral hepatitis 2 (0), Herpes zoster 1 (0), Hodgkin's lymphoma 1 (1), Aspiration pneumonia 1 (0), Dysentery 4 (1), Post-abortal sepsis 1 (1), Cellulitis 1 (0), Cerebral toxoplasmosis 1 (0), Osteomyelitis 1 (0), Rheumatoid arthritis 1 (0), Bilateral renal tumor 1 (1), Stevens Johnson syndrome 1 (0), Genital warts 1 (0), Spontaneous pneumothorax 1 (1), Transverse myelitis 1 (0), Empyema thoracic 1 (1), Pericardial effusion 1 (0)
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