In-Hospital Mortality of Disseminated Tuberculosis in Patients Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Table 1

Characteristics of the HIV-infected patients with disseminated tuberculosis.

Median age (range)	33.0 (14–73)
Men (%)	59 (69.5)
Race
White (%)	52 (66)
Black (%)	22 (28)
Other (%)	5 (6)
HIV exposure
Sexual (%)	31 (52.5)
IV drug use (%)	28 (48.5)
Positive Tuberculin Skin Test	2 (5.5)
Previous ART^1 (%)	20 (25)
Concomitant opportunistic infection^2 (%)	12 (15)
Median length of hospitalization in days (range)	24 (4–367)
Median CD4 in cells/mcL (No. of patients)	39.5 (44)
Median viral load in log/mL (No. of patients)	4.7 (5)
Anti-HCV positive (%)	24 (39.5)
HBsAg positive (%)	6 (10)
Appropriate initial TB therapy (%)	73 (91)
Median time to TB therapy in days (range)	7 (0–53)
Median time to death in days (range)	18.5 (2–86)

Note. MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; IV, intravenous; ART, antiretroviral therapy.
¹Previous use of ART means previous history of ART.
²Opportunistic diseases were as follows: cytomegalovirus infection (𝑁=3),   Cryptococcus neoformans infection (𝑁=8), esophageal candidiasis (𝑁=6), toxoplasmosis (𝑁=3), pneumocystis pneumonia (𝑁=4),Cryptosporidium spp (𝑁=2).