Clinical Presentation, Aetiology, and Outcomes of Meningitis in a Setting of High HIV and TB Prevalence

Table 3

Analysis of factors associated with in-hospital mortality.

	Survived	Died	value (Fisher’s exact test)
Age, years
>49	2	4	0.385
≤49	30	20
Gender
Male	14	10	1.000
Female	18	14
HIV status
Positive	23	21	0.436
Negative	5	2
CD4 count, cells/mm^3
<100	7	7	0.715
≥100	9	6
Altered mental status
Yes	21	21	0.072
No	11	3
Seizures
Yes	3	1	0.627
No	29	23
Serum sodium, mmol/L
<130	11	5	0.750
≥130	18	12
eGFR, mL/min
<30	2	8	0.008
≥30	26	10