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

Table 4

In hospital mortality by aetiology in our study population of 300 HIV positive patients.

Diagnosis	𝑁	Number of deaths (𝑛)	Median CD4 count of fatal cases (IQR)	Case fatality rate % (𝑛/𝑁)
Toxoplasma encephalitis	97	29	41 (24–75)	29.9
Cryptococcal meningitis	75	39	12 (9–23)	52.0
Diffused encephalitis	57	22	45 (34–50)	38.6
Tuberculous meningitis	54	43	16 (10–31)	79.6
AIDS dementia complex	8	5	12 (9–14)	62.5
Bacterial meningitis	5	5	8 (8–10)	100
PCNSL	4	4	16 (5–116)	100
Total	300	147	21 (10–43)	49.0