Table 1. Prevalence of meningitis aetiologies in Harvest trial site countries.
Hospital Location | Country | Sample Size | HIV-positive | Meningitis Aetiology Distribution | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bacterial | TBM | Cryptococcal | Other / Unknown | ||||
Kampala /
Mbarara 8 |
Uganda | 416 | 98% | 4% | 8% | 59% | 29% |
Cape Town 9 | S. Africa | 1,737 | 96%* | 19% | 13% | 30% | 38% |
Jakarta 10 | Indonesia | 274 | 54% | 0% | 34% | 5% | 61% |
TBM = tuberculous meningitis