Table 3 Clinical findings among 141 HIV positive patients who were seropositive for T.pallidum and returned for further evaluation Mwanza Tanzania
Variable | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
MMS | ||
24–30 | 138 | 97.9 |
18–23 | 1 | 0.7 |
0–17 | 2 | 1.4 |
Neck pain noted on examination | ||
Yes | 0 | 0 |
No | 141 | 100 |
Noted reduced vision | ||
Yes | 2 | 1.5 |
No | 139 | 98.5 |
Seen with confusion | ||
Yes | 2 | 1.5 |
No | 139 | 98.5 |
Had noted with fever | ||
Yes | 1 | 99.3 |
No | 142 | 0.7 |
Gait | ||
Normal | 139 | 98.5 |
Abnormal | 0 | – |
Bedbound | 2 | 1.5 |
Sight loss right | ||
Absent | 141 | 100.0 |
Present | 0 | – |
sight loss left | ||
Absent | 141 | 100.0 |
Present | 0 | – |
Uveitis | ||
Absent | 141 | 100.0 |
Present | 0 | – |
Argyll-Robertson pupil | ||
Absent | 141 | 100.0 |
Present | 0 | – |
Hearing loss right | ||
Absent | 140 | 99.3 |
Present | 1 | 0.7 |
Hearing loss left | ||
Absent | 140 | 99.3 |
Present | 1 | 0.7 |
Type of hearing loss | ||
No deficit | 140 | 99.3 |
Sensorineural | 1 | 0.7 |
Conductive | 0 | – |
Romberg’s sign | ||
Negative | 141 | 100.0 |
Positive | 0 | – |
Position sense | ||
Normal | 141 | 100.0 |
Abnormal | 0 | – |
Vibration sense | ||
Normal | 141 | 100.0 |
Abnormal | 0 | – |
Reflexes | ||
Normal | 141 | 100.0 |
Reduced | 0 | – |
Exaggerated | 0 | – |