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

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

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

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)