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Table 3 Detection of 11 types of pathogens according to specimen type

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

Pathogens

No. of positive sputum and/or OPSa

Sputum (%)

OPS (%)

P value

kappa value

HRV

137

131 (96)

114 (83)

<.001

0.836

RSV

124

121 (98)

111 (92)

<.001

0.906

Influenza A

74

73 (99)

68 (92)

<.001

0.941

HMPV

72

69 (96)

65 (90)

<.001

0.912

HPIV

34

33 (97)

28 (82)

<.001

0.877

Influenza B

35

31 (89)

32 (91)

<.001

0.880

Adenovirus

23

20 (87)

19 (83)

<.001

0.812

M. pneumoniae

20

20 (100)

9 (45)

<.001

0.610

HCoV

17

15 (88)

14 (82)

<.001

0.822

HBoV

14

14 (100)

12 (86)

<.001

0.921

C. pneumoniae

14

12 (86)

4 (29)

<.001

0.240

  1. aColumn total adds to more than the number of ARIs with any pathogen present, because children with more than 1 pathogen identified are also recorded
  2. HRV indicates human rhinovirus, RSV respiratory syncytial virus, HMPV human metapneumovirus, HPIV human parainfluenza virus, HCoV human coronavirus, HBoV human bocavirus
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