Volume 13, Number 2—February 2007
Dispatch
Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-positive Adults, Malawi1
Joep J.G. van Oosterhout*, Miriam K. Laufer†, M. Arantza Perez*, Stephen M. Graham*, Nelson Chimbiya*, Phillip C. Thesing*, Miriam J. Álvarez-Martinez‡, Paul E. Wilson‡, Maganizo Chagomerana*, Eduard E. Zijlstra*, Terrie E. Taylor*§, Christopher V. Plowe†
, and Steven R Meshnick‡
, and Steven R Meshnick‡
Table 3
Incidence of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) and other respiratory illnesses, Malawi, 2002–2004*
| Diagnosis | All CD4 counts | CD4 0–99/mm3 | CD4 100–199/mm3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. events | Incidence, % (95% CI) | No. events | Incidence, % (95% CI) | No. events | Incidence, % (95% CI) | |
| Confirmed PcP | 6 | 1.0 (0.3–2.2) | 5 | 5.7 (1.9–13.4) | 1 | 0.6 (0.01–3.8) |
| Bacterial pneumonia† | 102 | 17.3 (14.1–21.0) | 35 | 40.2 (28.0–56.0) | 42 | 28.6 (20.6–38.6) |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 51 | 8.6 (6.4–11.3) | 20 | 23.0 (14.0–35.5) | 25 | 17.0 (11.0–25.1) |
| Unspecified respiratory illness | 127 | 21.5 (17.9–25.6) | 46 | 52.9 (38.7–70.5) | 38 | 25.9 (18.3–35.5) |
*CI, confidence interval.
†Diagnosis based on new consolidations on a chest x–ray and response to antimicrobial drugs; includes cases with and without positive blood cultures.
1Data from this study were presented in part at 9th College of Medicine Research Dissemination Conference, Blantyre, Malawi, 12 Nov 2005 (abstract DCON/05/44), and XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 11–16 Jul 2004 (abstract MoPeB3198).
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