Pattern, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcome of Meningitis among HIV-Infected Adults Admitted in a Tertiary Hospital in North Western Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Clinical predictors of mortality among 60 HIV-infected adults patients admitted with meningitis to medical wards of Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza.

Predictive factor (variable)	⁢Meningitis patients		value
	Death () number (%) or median (IQR)	Alive () number (%) or median (IQR)
Age in years	40 [32–46]	39 [33–47]	0.55
Gender
Male	8 (42.1)	11 (57.9)	0.376
Female	14 (34.1)	27 (65.9)
Marital status
Married	10 (32.3)	21 (67.7)	0.321
Not married	12 (41.4)	17 (58.6)
Occupation
Unemployed	19 (35.2)	35 (64.8)	0.384
Employed	3 (50)	3 (50)
Residence
Rural	4 (23.5)	13 (76.5)	0.151
Urban	18 (41.9)	25 (58.1)
Duration of headache
≤14 (days)	18 (37.5)	30 (62.5)	0.534
>14 (days)	4 (33.3)	8 (66.7)
Vomiting
Yes	14 (36.8)	24 (63.2)	0.597
No	8 (36.4)	14 (63.6)
Duration of vomiting
≤7 days	12 (33.3)	24 (66.7)	0.129
>7 days	2 (100)	0
Fever
Yes	17 (34.7)	32 (65.3)	0.367
No	5 (45.5)	6 (54.5)
Altered mental status
Yes	15 (45.5)	18 (54.5)	0.098
No	7 (25.9)	20 (74.1)
Neck stiffness
Yes	18 (40)	27 (60)	0.272
No	4 (26.7)	11 (73.3)
Photophobia
Yes	6 (24)	19 (76)	0.073
No	16 (45.7)	19 (54.3)
Kerning’s sign
Yes	12 (46.2)	14 (53.8)	0.144
No	10 (29.4)	24 (70.6)
Brudzinski sign
Yes	8 (53.3)	7 (46.7)	0.109
No	14 (31.1)	31 (68.9)
Baseline CD4 count (cells/uL)	50 [15–100]	98 [46–338]	0.01
Recent CD4 count (cells/uL)	59.5 [30–132]	100 [46–338]	0.08
On ART
Yes	5 (27.8)	1 3 (72.2)	0.263
No	17 (40.5)	25 (59.5)
Duration on ART	32 [10–83]	14 [3–27]	0.29
LP opening pressure
<20 cm H2O	11 (32.4)	23 (67.6)	0.300
≥20 cm H2O	11 (42.3)	15 (57.7)
CSF appearance
Turbid	20 (90.9)	2 (9.1)	<0.001
Nonturbid/clear	2 (5.2)	36 (94.8)
India ink
Yes	3 (37.5)	5 (62.5)	0.623
No	19 (36.5)	33 (63.5)
Etiology confirmed meningitis
Yes	7 (50)	7 (50)	0.192
No	15 (32.6)	31 (67.4)