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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with hospital-and community-acquired RSV infections treated at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, 2010

From: Evaluation of respiratory syncytial virus group A and B genotypes among nosocomial and community-acquired pediatric infections in southern Brazil

Characteristics

Patients

p-value

Hospital-acquired infection (n = 21)

Community-acquired infection (n = 42)

Mean age, months [range]

15 [2-94]

9 [3-61]

0.013*

Mean length of stay, days [range]

26.09 [2-73]

10.28 [0.6-71]

0.015*

Deaths

3

1

0.104

RSV-A infection

15

30

 

RSV-B infection

8

13

 

Mixed RSV-A/B infection

2

1

 
  1. Age and length of stay were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test, and number of deaths, using Fisher’s exact test.
  2. *p-value <0.05.
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