Table 6.
Candida carriage and relationship to CD4+ T lymphocyte counting and viral load in the HIV-infected children
| Systemic conditions | No. (%) of children for whom Candida spp isolation was: | |
|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |
| CD4+ T lymphocyte counting (%) | ||
| CD4 ≥ 25a | 14 | 10 |
| 15 < CD4 < 24 | 11 | 4 |
| CD4 ≤ 15a | 11 | 0 |
| Plasma RNA viral load (copies/ml) | ||
| ≤ 500 | 7 | 0 |
| 501–3000 | 4 | 6 |
| 3001–10,000 | 6 | 4 |
| 10,001–30,000 | 8 | 1 |
| > 30,000 | 11 | 3 |
| No. (%) of patients tested | 36 (72) | 14 (28) |
aWith the chi-square test, a significant difference in results was found with p value of 0.0146