TABLE 2.
Comparison of clinical manifestations in the HRSV monoinfection group and coinfection group
| Characteristic | No. of patients in group with: |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monoinfection (n = 196) | Coinfection (n = 131) | ||
| Diagnosis | |||
| URTI | 10 (5.1) | 13 (9.9) | 0.095a |
| LRTI | 186 (94.9) | 118 (90.1) | |
| Age (mo) | |||
| ≤12 | 115 (58.7) | 70 (53.4) | 0.349 |
| >12 | 81 (41.3) | 61 (46.6) | |
| Type of patient | |||
| Inpatientb | 144 (73.5) | 104 (79.4) | 0.220a |
| Outpatient | 52 (26.5) | 27 (20.6) | |
| Symptoms | |||
| Cough | 188 (95.9) | 124 (94.7) | 0.593a |
| Fever | 112 (57.1) | 76 (58.0) | 0.876a |
| Crackles | 153 (78.1) | 98 (74.8) | 0.495a |
| Wheezing | 103 (52.6) | 62 (47.3) | 0.355a |
| Cyanosis | 28 (14.3) | 19 (14.5) | 0.956a |
| Heart failure | 15 (7.7) | 9 (6.9) | 0.790a |
| Underlying condition | 15 (7.7) | 11 (8.4) | 0.807a |
a
Chi-square test.
b
The median durations of hospitalization for the monoinfected and coinfected groups were 9.918 ± 4.895 days (range, 1 to 36 days) and 9.039 ± 3.366 days (range, 3 to 23 days), respectively (P = 0.160 by Student's t test).