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Table 1 Clinical features and association with outcome in 127 patients with penicilliosis

From: Clinical characteristics and outcome of Penicillium marneffei infection among HIV-infected patients in northern Vietnam

Characteristics

All N = 127 (100%)

Fatal Cases N = 16 (13%)

Non Fatal Cases N = 111 (87%)

P value

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

   

Male sex

96 (76%)

12 (75%)

84 (76%)

NS

  

Age

Mean 32 (SD 5.5)

Mean 32 (SD 5.7)

Mean 32 (SD 5.3)

NS

  

Symptoms/Signs

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

   

Fever

118 (93%)

16 (100%)

102 (92%)

0.285

1.2

1.1 - 1.2

Skin lesions

105 (83%)

13 (81%)

92 (83%)

0.552

0.9

0.2 – 3.4

Weight loss

75 (59%)

8 (50%)

67 (60%)

0.300

0.7

0.2 – 1.9

Cough

63 (50%)

6 (38%)

57 (51%)

0.222

0.6

0.2 – 1.7

Diarrhoea

34 (27%)

6 (38%)

28 (25%)

0.233

1.8

0.6 – 5.3

Lymphadenopathy

51 (40%)

5 (31%)

46 (41%)

0.310

0.6

0.2 – 2.0

Hepatomegaly

78 (61%)

12 (75%)

66 (59%)

0.180

2.0

0.6 – 6.7

Splenomegaly

46 (37%)

10 (62%)

37 (33%)

0.025

3.3

1.1 – 9.9

Ascites

29 (23%)

7 (44%)

22 (20%)

0.040 0.048*

3.1 4.42*

1.1 – 9.4 1.01-19.32*

Jaundice

17 (15%)

5 (31%)

12 (11%)

0.041

3.8

1.1 – 12.6

Dyspnoea

11 (9%)

6 (38%)

5 (4%)

0.000 .013*

12.7 9.50*

3.3 – 49.2 1.62-55.68*

  1. * Multiple regressionanalysis; SD. standard deviation.