179 (87%) of participants were HIV-infected, and their median CD4 count was 141 (interquartile range [IQR]: 66–284) The non-TBM group (n = 81) comprised the following breakdown of diagnoses (number): cryptococcal meningitis (36), viral meningitis (25), mucormycosis (1), acute bacterial meningitis (7), malignant meningitis (3), cysticercal meningitis (1), neurosyphilis (2), parameningeal focus (1), and other (5). This evidence concerns the gene CD4 and Cryptococcal meningitis.