CD4 and AIDS: However, compared to the patients in the TM-negative control group, the HIV/AIDS patients with TM infection had a significantly higher mean CD4+ T cell count (97.05 ± 35.07 vs. 16.15 ± 12.58, p = 0.029) and a higher HIV viral load (6.73 ± 1.64 vs. 6.22 ± 1.26, p = 0.063).