| |
Overall
N=339
n (%) |
Female
N=223
n (%) |
Male
N=116
n(%) |
p-value |
| Total no of diagnosed OIs |
96 |
72 |
24 |
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| Number patients with single OIs |
55 (16.2) |
36 (16.1) |
19 (16.4) |
0.96 |
| Number patients with dual OIs |
20 (5.9) |
15 (6.7) |
5 (4.3) |
0.37 |
| Number of patients with triple OIs |
1 (0.3) |
1(0.4) |
0 (0.0) |
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| Overall prevalence of OIs |
76 (22.4) |
52 (23.3) |
24 (20.7) |
0.58 |
| Bacterial pneumonia |
3 (0.9) |
3 |
0 |
---- |
| Candidiasis† |
29 (8.6) |
24 |
5 |
0.04 |
| Chronic diarrhea‡ |
5 (1.5) |
5 |
0 |
--- |
| Cryptococcal meningitis |
2 (0.6) |
0 |
2 |
--- |
| Dermatitis |
19 (5.6) |
16 (7.2) |
3 (2.6) |
0.08 |
| Genital herpes simplex |
2 (0.6) |
2 |
0 |
--- |
| Genital warts |
2 (0.6) |
2 |
0 |
--- |
| Herpes Zoster |
2 (0.6) |
2 |
0 |
--- |
| Kaposi’s sarcoma |
1 (0.3) |
0 |
1 |
--- |
| Sepsis |
5 (1.5) |
5 |
0 |
--- |
| Tuberculosis# |
26 (7.7) |
13 (5.8) |
13 (11.2) |
0.08 |
†Out of the 29 cases, 12 were oral, 10 genital (all women) and 7 oral + genital candidiasis (all women); excluding the women with genital candidiasis, there was no significant gender difference in oral candidiasis (p=0.45).
‡ Isolates were Cryptosporidium parvum [3] and Giardia intestinalis [2].
# This comprised of pulmonary TB [11], extra-pulmonary TB [6] and disseminated TB [9]
OIs= opportunistic infections |
