Prevalence of Cryptococcal Antigenemia and Associated Factors among HIV/AIDS Patients at Felege-Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of HIV/AIDS patients screened for serum cryptococcal antigen in Felege-Hiwot referral hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Characteristics
Pos., N (%)
Neg., N (%)
Total, N (%)
Sex
Male
7 (44)
52 (42)
59 (42)
Female
9 (56)
72 (58)
81 (58)
Age
15–24
3 (19)
16 (13)
19 (14)
25–44
11 (69)
76 (63)
87 (63.5)
>45
2 (12)
29 (24)
31 (22.6)
Residence
Urban
9 (56)
91 (73.4)
100 (71)
Rural
7 (44)
33 (26.6)
40 (29)
Marital status
Unmarried
6 (37.5)
33 (26.6)
39 (28)
Married
5 (31.2)
57 (46)
62 (44)
Othersa∗
5 (31.2)
34 (27.4)
39 (28)
Educational level
Illiterate
4 (25)
36 (29)
40 (28.6)
Literate
12 (75)
88 (71)
100 (71.4)
Occupation
Student
1 (6.2)
17 (14)
18 (12.8)
House wife
2 (12.5)
20 (16)
22 (15.7)
Employed
11 (68.8)
71 (57)
82 (58.6)
Others
2 (12.5)
16 (13)
18 (12.8)
CD4+ (cells/ml)
<100
11 (68.7)
7 (5.6)
18 (12.9)
100–150
3 (18.7)
31 (25)
34 (24.3)
150–200
1 (6.3)
14 (11.3)
15 (10.7)
>200
1 (6.3)
72 (57.2)
73 (52.1)
Antiretroviral therapy status
On ART
3 (18.8)
67 (54)
70 (50)
ART naïve
5 (31.2)
38 (30.6)
43 (30.7)
ART defaulter
8 (50)
19 (15.3)
27 (19.3)
Bacterial infection status (n = 79)
Pulmonary TB
7 (43.8)
7 (11.1)
14 (17.7)
Ex pulmonary TB
5 (31.2)
6 (9.5)
11 (13.9)
BSI
4 (25)
50 (79.4)
54 (68.4)
WHO clinical stage
Stages I and II
1 (6)
105 (84.7)
106 (75.7)
Stage III
3 (19)
17 (13.7)
20 (14.3)
Stage IV
12 (75)
2 (1.6)
14 (10)
Note. WHO, World Health Organization; others, widow and divorced; BSI, bacterial infection isolated by blood culture; employed, government and self-employed; others, jobless and children.
