Table 2 The most frequent conditions among 1742 overall category C episodes
Condition | Confirmed | Probable | New | Recurrent | Total (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia | 251 | 196 | 399 | 28 | 437 (25.1%) |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 194 | 89 | 263 | 20 | 283 (16.2%) |
Cytomegalovirus retinitis | 0 | 166 | 166 | NA1 | 166 (9.5%) |
Candidiasis, esophageal or tracheobronchial | 40 | 96 | 129 | 7 | 136 (7.8%) |
Herpes simplex, chronic mucocutaneous | 59 | 84 | 133 | 10 | 143 (8.2%) |
Mycobacterium avium, disseminated | 141 | NA | 138 | 3 | 141 (8.2%) |
Cytomegalovirus disease | 79 | 35 | 112 | 2 | 114 (6.5%) |
Cryptococcosis, extrapulmonary | 84 | NA | 78 | 6 | 84 (4.8%) |
Toxoplasmosis of the brain | 2 | 61 | 57 | 6 | 63 (3.6%) |
Mycobacterium, species unidentified | 1 | 33 | 34 | 0 | 34 (2.0%) |
Kaposi's sarcoma | 17 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 23 (1.3%) |
Cryptosporidiosis, chronic intestinal | 19 | NA | 18 | 1 | 19 (1.1%) |
Lymphoma, primary cerebral | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 20 (1.1%) |
Wasting syndrome of HIV | NA | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 (0.9%) |
Encephalopathy, HIV-related | NA | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 (0.6%) |
Pneumonia, recurrent bacterial | 9 | NA | 8 | 1 | 9 (0.5%) |
Burkitt's lymphoma | 9 | NA | 9 | 0 | 9 (0.5%) |
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 (0.4%) |
Histoplasmosis, disseminated | 6 | NA | 6 | 0 | 6 (0.3%) |
Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, disseminated | 5 | NA | 5 | 0 | 5 (0.3%) |
Other2 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 (1.0%) |