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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Nov 1;55(3):330–335. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181e583da

Table 2. Clinical Progression Events.

Enrollment Event
Age
(years)
WHO
Stage
CD4
cells/μl (%)
HIV RNA
copies/ml
WHO Stage 3 or 4 Event Event
Day*
Recent CD4
cells/μl (%)
5 2 673 (15)# 21,053 Death (meningitis) 87 n/a
7 2 319 (15) # 286,069 Death (pneumonia) 231 681 (18)
5 3 752 (23) 290,476 Death (stroke)a 55 n/a
10 2 1206 (26) 80,712 Extra-Pulmonary TB 541 752 (18)
3 3 1044 (25) 434176 Malnutrition 644 960 (26)
9 2 507 (8) # 528,371 Malnutrition 280 500 (6)
6 1 1112 (42) 63,681 Oral candidiasis 80 n/a
7 2 443 (12) # 403,195 Persistent fevers 68 n/a
7 1 244 (29) 61,000 Persistent fevers 182 249 (18)
5 2 939 (25) 250,387 Pulmonary TB 7 n/a
1 1 1883 (28) 366,095 Pulmonary TB 4 n/a
5 1 1779 (28) >750,000 Pulmonary TB 198 968 (28)
7 1 882 (22) 83,710 Pulmonary TB 264 750 (20)
5 2 1399 (36) 229,562 Pulmonary TB 143 1091 (35)
8 3 492 (16) 167,995 Recurrent Bacterial
Pneumonia
196 423 (15)
6 3 798(20) 160,770 Recurrent Bacterial
Pneumonia
31 n/a
5 1 610 (15) # 198,047 Recurrent bacterial
Pneumonia
168 301 (12)
9 2 371 (26) 397,826 Recurrent Bacterial
Pneumonia
198 334 (26)
3 1 1436 (29) 43,684 Recurrent bacterial
Pneumonia
227 835 (15)
6 2 616 (26) 74,125 Recurrent Bacterial
Pneumonia
222 570 (18)
8 2 376 (21) >750000 Chronic lung diseaseb 570 248 (18)
6 2 285 (20) 88,302 Symptomatic LIP~ 53 n/a
8 3 870(26) 32,481 Symptomatic LIP~ 528 532 (23)
7 3 775 (13) # 434176 Symptomatic LIP~ 30 n/a
6 1 803 (36) 49,543 Thrombocytopenia 252 814 (33)
*

Number of days from enrollment

Most recent laboratory evaluation prior to the event, all within 90 days

n/a: no additional laboratory evaluation before event

^

borderline CD4 that rose upon repeat testing

a

Died after acute onset of right arm pain, left sided weakness and dyspnea; no autopsy was performed

b

Persistent (>1 month) productive cough, with small cysts and/or persistent opacification on chest x-ray.

~

Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonitis.

#

Per WHO and Ugandan guidelines, CD4 count is given preference over % in children over 5 years for ART initiation.