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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of infected children

From: Human adenovirus load in respiratory tract secretions are predictors for disease severity in children with human adenovirus pneumonia

Characteristic

Single HAdV

(n = 56)

HAdV- viruses

(n = 79)

viruses-Typical Bacteria

(n = 19)

viruses–Atypical Bacteria

(n = 18)

Gender(male)

37(66.07)

56(70.90)

10(52.63)

7(38.90)ce

age (months) IQR

14(10–35.25)

12(8–25)

11(6–12)b

18.5(12–38.25)ef

Age group

 < 6

7(12.50)

10(12.66)

4(21.05)

0

 6–23

25(44.64)

44(55.70)

14(73.68)b

10(55.56)

 24–60

20(35.71)

21(26.58)

1(5.26)bd

5(27.78)f

 > 60

4(7.14)

4(5.06)

0

3(16.67)e

Length of stay, days

 Median (IQR)

8.5(6–10)

8(6–10)

10(8–13)bd

7(6–8.25)f

 Mean ± SD

8.52 ± 3.53

8.50 ± 4.53

10.68 ± 4.41

7.44 ± 2.41

Duration of fever (days)

 Median (IQR)

6(4–8)

5.5(3–7)

8(4.5–10.5)d

5(3–7.5)

 Mean ± SD

6.94 ± 4.32

5.89 ± 4.77

8.00 ± 4.98

5.31 ± 2.96

 Cough

56(100)

79(100)

19(100)

18(100)

 Fever

49(87.50)

62(78.48)

14(73.68)

16(88.89)

 Diarrhea

8(14.29)

15(18.99)

6(31.58)

2(11.11)

 Wheezing

20(35.70)

37(46.84)

12(63.16)b

4(22.22)f

 Vomiting

11(19.64)

15(18.99)

2(10.53)

2(11.11)

Outcome

Disease severity of CPA

 Mild

25(44.64)

53(67.09)a

11(57.89)

17(94.44)cef

 Severe

14(25.00)

14(17.72)

4(21.05)

1(5.56)

 Very severe

17(30.36)

12(15.19)a

4(21.05)

0c

Admission to PICU

8(14.29)

19(24.05)

4(21.05)

0e

supplemental oxygen requirement

12(21.43)

18(22.78)

5(26.32)

0f

HAdV load from NPAs (log 10 copies/mL)

3.23 ± 1.87

3.25 ± 2.12

3.10 ± 2.16

2.60 ± 1.35

  1. aP < 0.05, for comparison of single HAdV infections with combined virus-virus infections
  2. bP < 0.05, for comparison of single HAdV infections with combined virus-typical bacterial infections
  3. cP < 0.05, for comparison of single HAdV infections with combined virus-atypical bacterial infections
  4. dP < 0.05, for comparison of virus-virus infections with virus-typical bacterial infections
  5. eP < 0.05, for comparison of virus-virus infections with virus-atypical bacterial infections
  6. fP < 0.05, for comparison of virus-typical bacteria with virus-atypical bacterial infections