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Table 1 Number of LRTI children enrolled by diagnosis

From: Comparing the yield of oropharyngeal swabs and sputum for detection of 11 common pathogens in hospitalized children with lower respiratory tract infection

Diagnosis

Number

Percentage

Lobar pneumonia

281

63.9

Bronchial pneumonia

97

14.9

Bronchitis/capillary bronchitis

62

10.7