Bacterial Sepsis in Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Characteristics of VL patients with suspicion of sepsis, Gondar, Ethiopia, 2012 (𝑁=83).

Characteristic	Median (IQR) or 𝑛 (%)
Sex
Female	1 (1.2)
Male	82 (98.8)
Age (years)	23 (20–28)
<18 years	3 (3.6)
Type of VL
Primary VL	77 (92.8)
VL relapse	6 (7.2)
Hospitalisation before VL diagnosis^a
<72 hours	62 (74.7)
≥72 hours	21 (25.3)
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	16.3 (15.1–17.3)
Spleen size (cm)	7.5 (4.8–10.1)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	8.2 (6.4–10.0)
Endemic areas
Metema	31 (37.3)
Humera	38 (45.8)
Abderafi	11 (13.3)
Others (Kuara, Benshangul and Libo-kemkem)	3 (3.6)
Residency (VL endemic areas)
Permanent residents	4 (4.8)
Travelers	79 (95.2)
HIV status
HIV negative	70 (84.3)
HIV positive	13 (15.7)
CD4 count (𝑛=13)	49 (35–173)
On ART	11 (84.6)

ART: antiretroviral therapy; VL: visceral leishmaniasis; IQR: interquartile range.
aHospitalisation in other hospital services prior to admission to the Leishmania Research and Treatment Centre.