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Table 2 Mycoplasma-, chlamydia- and virus-positive rates in different age groups

From: Etiological analysis of virus, mycoplasma pneumoniae and chlamydia pneumoniae in hospitalized children with acute respiratory infections in Huzhou

Pathogen

Infants (414)

Toddlers (969)

Preschoolers (987)

Schoolchildren (751)

χ2

P

MP

4 (0.97%)

10 (1.03%)

22 (2.03%)

15 (2.00%)

6.124

0.106

CP

2 (0.48%)

2 (0.21%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (0.13%)

4.234

0.132

virus

92 (22.22%)

140 (14.45%)

133 (13.48%)

82 (10.92%)

28.735

0.000

  1. With increasing age, the overall MP positive rate showed an upward trend, while CP had the opposite trend, but there was no significant difference among the four groups. As age increased, the detection rate of viruses decreased, and there was a statistically significant difference among different age groups
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