Mortality in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Children: A 12-Month Outcome of Antiretroviral Therapy in Makurdi, Nigeria

Table 3

Causes of deaths among the HIV-infected children within 12 months of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Causes of death	Number (%)
Within the first 6 months
Tuberculosis	21 (70)
Unknown^#	4 (13.3)
Sepsis/undernutrition	3 (10)
Severe pneumonia	2 (6.7)
Total	30 (100)
At the later 6 months of follow-up
Severe pneumonia	4 (40)
Unknown^#	3 (30)
Tuberculosis^§	3 (30)
Total	10 (100)

The 21 children had prevalent tuberculosis with deaths resulting from 11 of those with pulmonary tuberculosis, 7 with tuberculosis meningitis/miliary tuberculosis, 2 with gastrointestinal tuberculosis, and 1 with tuberculosis adenitis; ^§2 deaths from tuberculosis meningitis/miliary tuberculosis and 1 death from pulmonary tuberculosis; ^#caregivers could only give history of febrile illness.