HIV-Associated Central Nervous System Disease in Patients Admitted at the Douala General Hospital between 2004 and 2009: A Retrospective Study

Table 3

Prevalence of the different aetiologies of CNS disease and the median CD4 cell count of 300 HIV positive patients.

Diagnosis	𝑁	Prevalence	95% Confidence interval	Median CD4 (IQR)
Toxoplasma encephalitis	97	32.3	27.1–37.7	68 (43–103)
Cryptococcal meningitis	75	25.0	20.0–29.9	23 (10–61)
Diffused encephalitis	57	19.0	14.5–23.5	99 (49–204)
Tuberculous meningitis	54	18.0	13.6–22.4	16 (10–34)
AIDS dementia complex	8	2.7	0.8–4.5	15 (11–20)
Bacterial meningitis	5	1.7	0.2–3.1	8 (8–10)
PCNSL	4	1.3	0–2.6	16 (5–116)
Total	300	100	/	49 (17–90)