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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of 80 patients with cryptococcosis

From: Clinical features of pulmonary cryptococcosis among patients with different levels of peripheral blood CD4+ T lymphocyte counts

 

CD4 ≤ 378/μL

N = 45 (%)

CD4 > 378/μL

N = 35 (%)

P value

Clinical characteristics

 Asymptomatic

0

6 (17.1)

0.005

 Fever

39 (86.7)

10 (28.6)

<0.001

Pulmonary symptoms

33 (73.3)

34 (97.1)

 

 Cough and expectoration

20 (60.6)a

22 (64.7)a

0.729

 Chest pain

3 (9.1)a

9 (26.5)a

0.064

 Dyspnea

9 (27.3)a

8 (23.5)a

0.725

Neurological symptoms

34 (75.6)

4 (11.4)

 

 Headache, dizzy

30 (88.2)b

4 (100)b

1.000

 Meningeal irritation

19 (55.9)b

3 (75)b

0.624

APACHE II score

9.1 ± 3.7

3.2 ± 4.7

<0.001

  1. aThe proportion of patients with pulmonary involvement
  2. bThe proportion of patients with brain involvement
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