Table 1.
Characteristics of PCP patients without HIV infection (n = 21)
| Characteristics |
Patients |
|
|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Sex |
|
|
| Male |
11 |
52.4 |
| Female |
10 |
47.6 |
| Underlying disease |
|
|
| Rheumatic and autoimmune diseases |
12 |
57.1 |
| Malignancy |
10 |
47.6 |
| Diabetes mellitus |
4 |
19.0 |
| Chronic pulmonary diseases |
6 |
28.6 |
| Heart diseases |
4 |
19.0 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases |
2 |
9.5 |
| Renal diseases |
2 |
9.5 |
| Liver disease |
2 |
9.5 |
| Long-term glucocorticoids alone |
4 |
19.0 |
| Immunosuppressants alone /chemotherapeutic agents alone |
6 |
28.6 |
| Long-term glucocorticoids combined with chemotherapeutic/immunosuppressive agents |
7 |
33.3 |
| PCP prophylaxis | 1 | 4.8 |
Table 1 legend - PCP, Pneumocystis pneumonia; SD, standard deviation.