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. 2011;10(3):49–54.

Table 3.

Risk factors for pneumonia in 199 male, HIV-infected patients admitted to the hospital.

Diagnosis Risk factors

IDU Incarceration IDU and incarceration Blood transfusion Sexual contact
Pulmonary TB 12 (35.2%) 1 (2.9%) 20 (59%) - 1 (2.9%)
P. carinii pneumonia 1 (14.3%) - 3 (42.9%) 1 (14.3%) 2 (28.5%)
Other bacterial pneumonias 8 (32%) - 13 (52%) 4 (16%) -