Critical care management and outcome of severe Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with and without HIV infection

Table 4 Outcome

	HIV-negative cases	HIV-positive cases
	n = 27	n = 46
Occurrence of ALI/ARDS, number (percentage of all cases)	16 (59)	14 (30)^a
Occurrence of pneumothorax, number (percentage of all cases)	5 (19)	7 (15)
Occurrence of ventilator-assisted pneumonia, number (percentage of ventilated cases)	5 (26)	5 (14)
Days alive with mechanical ventilation, median (range)	9 (2–75)	9 (1–60)
ICU length of stay in days, median (range)	10 (4–131)	6 (1–93)
In-ICU mortality, number (percentage of all cases)	13 (48)	8 (17)^a
28-day mortality, number (percentage of all cases)	14 (52)	12 (26)^a
90-day mortality, number (percentage of all cases)	16 (59)	14 (30)^a

^aP < 0.05 versus HIV-negative cases. ALI/ARDS, acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome; ICU, intensive care unit.

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