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. 2023 Jan 27;24(1):1412. doi: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v24i1.1412

TABLE 4.

Clinical description of people with HIV who died during admission.

Patient Age (years) Gender Comorbidities CD4 count (cells/µL) HIV-1 viral load (IU/mL) ROX score
1 60–79 Male Hypertension 375 LDL 1.9
2 < 40 Female Overweight 36 LDL 3.0
3 < 40 Female Active TB‡ 106 - 15.6
4 40–59 Male Diabetes
B cell lymphoblastic leukaemia
387 LDL 2.7
5 40–59 Male CKD stage 5 - - -
6 40–59 Female Suspected SLE§ 608 LDL 12.5
7 60–79 Male CKD stage 5
Epilepsy
159 - 5.7
8 < 40 Male Chronic HBV
HBV viral load = 64 113 IU/mL
B cell lymphoma
Active TB on treatment at admission
20 3310 10.2
9 60–79 Female Hypertension
Diabetes
Obesity
CKD stage 3
612 - 3.2
10 40–59 Female Disseminated CMV
CMV viral load = 27 000 IU/mL
Cavitating pneumonia
44 1.36 × 106 20.6
11 40–59 Male Hypertension
Diabetes
577 LDL 8.3
12 40–59 Female Hypertension
Diabetes
Previous TB
429 LDL -

ROX, respiratory oxygenation score; CKD, chronic kidney disease; HBV, Hepatitis B virus; CMV, Cytomegalovirus; LDL, lower than detectable level; TB, tuberculosis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.

, ROX score at admission; ‡, TB treatment started on empirical grounds; §, Anti-nuclear antibody positive, with bicytopenia, rash and joint pain – admitted for haemoptysis and developed nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection.