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. 2014 Apr 7;17(1):18797. doi: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.18797

Table 5.

Distribution of other diseases among HIV-positive adults newly hospitalized from April to September 2010, IeDEA West Africa Collaboration

Classification, N (%)a Diagnosis, N


N (%)a AIDS WHO stage 4 WHO stage 3 Presumptive Definitive Suspected IRIS, N Suspected Adverse effect, N
Total number of patients 824 (100) 445 (100) 388 (100) 232 (100) 45 45
Other diseases
 Digestiveb 37 (4.5) 5 32 1
 Bronchopulmonaryc 2 (0.2) 1 1
 Cardiovasculard 53 (6.4) 15 37 3
 Neurologice 28 (3.4) 24 4 4
 Psychiatricf 9 (1.1) 4 5 1
 Renalg 41 (5.0) 12 (3.1) 11 30 2
 Genital 11 (1.3) 2 9
 Osteo-articular 5 (0.6) 2 3
 Cutaneous 14 (1.7) 3 11 8i
 Endocrineh 6 (0.7) 1 5
 Ocular 1 (0.1) 1
 Trauma 1 (0.1) 1
a

Several illnesses may have occurred during the hospitalization of a given patient;

b

digestive: gastroduodenal ulcer (n=15), gastritis (n=3), oesophagitis (n=4), duodenogastric reflux (n=3), appendicitis/peritonitis (n=3), cholecystitis (n=6), calculus of gallbladder (n=2), digestive haemorragiae (n=1), functional intestinal disorder (n=7), anal fistula (n=1);

c

bronchopulmonary: pleuresia (n=1), pneumothorax (n=1);

d

cardiovascular: stroke (n=19), heart failure (n=11), pericarditis (n=7), high blood pressure (n=6), peripheral venous disease (n=3), pulmonary embolism (n=2);

e

neurologic: peripheral neuropathy [n=12 including four suspected adverse effects of zidovudine (n=1), d4T (n=3)], encephalitis (n=8), cerebral abscess (n=7), Guillain-Barre syndrome (n=1);

f

psychiatric: delirium ascribed to efavirenz (n=1);

g

renal: renal insufficiency (n=24 including two suspected adverse effect of tenofovir), HIV associated nephropathy (n=12), glomerular disease (n=4), ureteral lithiasis (n=1);

h

endocrine: diabetes (n=4), thyroid, multinodular goitre (n=1), surrenal insufficiency (n=1);

i

toxidermia (n=8 including four cases ascribed to nevirapine and one to isoniazid).