Successes and Challenges in an Integrated Tuberculosis/HIV Clinic in a Rural, Resource-Limited Setting: Experiences from Kericho, Kenya
Table 1
Characteristics of TB/HIV coinfected patients upon enrollment in the Kericho District Hospital Integrated TB/HIV Clinic1.
Pediatric (≤15 years old) (10.2%)
Adult (>15 years old) (89.8%)
Overall
Age (yrs)2
6.6 (±4.0)
34.9 (±9.7)
32.0 (±12.6)
6.0 []
34.0 []
32.0 []
Female (%)
58.5
52.6
53.2
CD4+ T-cell count (cells/mm3)2
551.1 (±568.9)
216.4 (±206.8)
243.3 (±271.0)
398.5 []
153.0 []
165.0 []
CD4 distributions (%)2
<50 (cells/mm3)
16.2
18.4
18.2
50–99 (cells/mm3)
5.4
16.3
15.4
100–199 (cells/mm3)
7.7
24.3
22.9
200-349 (cells/mm3)
16.2
21.3
20.8
≥350 (cells/mm3)
54.6
19.8
22.6
TB type (%)
(I) Pulmonary
84.1
84.8
84.8
(1.a) Smear positive2
8.7
34.9
32.2
(1.b) Chest X-ray done
95.9
93.0
93.3
(II) Extrapulmonary
15.9
15.2
15.2
Treatment category3
New
93.3
89.0
89.5
Transfer in
1.0
3.7
3.4
Returned defaulter
0.5
2.9
2.7
Relapse
5.1
4.4
4.4
Referral origin2
HIV clinic
59.0
42.8
44.5
TB clinic
36.9
51.2
49.8
Private
1.5
3.7
3.5
Other
2.5
2.2
2.2
1Data presented as proportion (%) or mean (±SD) and median [range]. Missing data: CD4 = 15.4%; TB type, treatment category, referral, and family testing <1.0%. . .
