Opportunistic Cryptococcal Antigenemia in the HAART Era at HIV Epidemic Settings of Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Presenting symptoms and concurrent opportunistic infection profile.

		Total (n = 200);(n = %)	Cr Ag Pos (n = 8);(n = %)	Cr Ag Neg (n = 192);(n = %)	value
Presenting symptom	Headache	55 (27.5)	2 (3.8)	53 (96.2)	0.001
	Fever	172 (83)	6 (3.6)	166 (96.4)
	Cough	127 (63.5)	6 (5)	121 (95)
	Diarrhea	78 (39)	2 (2.7)	74 (97.3)
	Vomiting	62 (31)	3 (5)	59 (95)
	Nausea	178 (5)	—	17 (100)
	Altered visual status	4 (2)	—	4 (100)
	Neck stiffness	2 (1)	—	2 (100)
	Dizziness	31 (15.5)	2 (0.7)	29 (99.3)
Opportunistic infection	Herpes	20 (10)	0 (0.00)	20 (100)	0.001
	TB (pulmonary)	30 (15)	1 (0.3)	29 (99.7)
	Chronic diarrhea	20 (10)	1 (5.3)	19 (94.7)
	Oral/pharyngeal candidacies	24 (12)	4 (20)	20 (80)