Table 1. Demographics and spectrum of serious bacterial disease in hospitalized children with HIV.
Characteristic | n (%) |
Gender | |
Males | 76 (54) |
Females | 65 (46) |
On ART | 55 (39) |
On TB medication | 39 (28) |
Mortality | 13 (9) |
Age at admission (yrs) | 1.2 (0.5–2.34) |
Median (IQR) | |
Weight at admission (kg) | 6.7 (4.7–9.6) |
Median (IQR) | |
Temp. at admission (°C) | 37.3 (36.5–38.3) |
Median (IQR) | |
Birth weight (kg) | 2.8 (2.8–3.0) |
Mean (95% CI) | |
Hemoglobin on admission | 9.1 (8.1–10.3) |
Median (IQR) | |
Concomitant Diagnoses | |
TB | 40 (28) |
TB meningitis | 2 (1) |
Gastroenteritis | 54 (38) |
PEM | 16 (11) |
Fungal sepsis | 4 (2.3) |
Failure to thrive | 29 (21) |
Bacterial Infections | 40 (28) |
Bacterial sepsis | 74 (52) |
Pneumonia | 95 (67) |
% Bacteremic pneumonia | 50 |
Bacterial meningitis | 4 (3) |
% Bacteremic meningitis | 50 |
Urinary tract infection | 15 (11) |
% Bacteremic UTI | 87 |
Skin or soft tissue, including abscess | 2 (1.5) |
Osteomyelitis or septic arthritis | 1 (0.7) |
ART–antiretroviral therapy, TB–Tuberculosis, PEM-Protein energy malnutrition, IQR–Interquartile range.