Table 5.

Clinical characteristics of patients with positive quantitative polymerase chain reaction divided by estimated parasite load

	Parasite load > 100 parasites/mL (n = 7)	Parasite load < 100 parasites/mL (N = 9)	P value
Median HIV viral load	63,494 (4,698–237,684)	7,711 (68–317,789)	0.668
Median CD4+ count	48 (8–393)	284 (92–430)	0.164
Hospitalized (vs. ambulatory)	4 (57%)	2 (22%)	0.152
Fever	6 (85.7%)	2 (22%)	0.012
Headache	5 (71%)	6 (67%)	0.838
Weight loss	5 (71%)	4 (44%)	0.280
Body mass index < 20	4/6 (67%)	0 (0%)	0.011