Importance of Follow-Up Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis in Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis

Table 2

Characteristics of HIV infected patients.

	All HIV patients	Survivors	Nonsurvivors
Characteristics in the HIV group
Previous HIV diagnosis (no.)	7	5	2
Previous AIDS-defining illness (no.)	4	3^a	1^b
On ART while onset of symptoms (no.)	2	1	1
Concurrent infections on admission (no.)	11	7^c	4^d
Laboratory findings on presentation
Serum HIV viral load ( copies/mL)	5.48 (5.50)	5.50 (5.50)	5.40 (5.53)
CD4 count (cells/µL)	43.38 (60.62)	41.75 (61.01)	48.25 (68.44)
T4/T8 ratio	0.08 (0.07)	0.07 (0.07)	0.09 (0.09)

AIDS-defining illness: pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (1/3), progressive multifocal encephalopathy (1/3), and wasting syndrome (1/3).
^bAIDS-defining illness: pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (1/1).
^cConcurrent infections: candidiasis (6/7), cytomegalovirus infection (3/7), cryptosporidiosis (1/7), and hepatitis C (1/7).
^dConcurrent infections: candidiasis (4/4) and cytomegalovirus infection (1/4).
Laboratory findings are presented by mean value and standard deviation.