TABLE 1.
Risk factors for LRTI from PIV infections in children with cancer
| Characteristic | LRTI n=17 |
URTI n= 66 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age (months) | 27 | 56 | 0.005 |
| Fever with ANC<500 cells/µL | 10 | 18 | 0.02 |
| Absence of fever and neutropenia | 7 | 48 | |
| ANC<500 cells/µL | 14 | 26 | 0.002 |
| ANC>500 cells/µL | 3 | 40 | |
| ALC<100 cells/µL | 5 | 3 | 0.008 |
| ALC>100 cells/µL | 12 | 63 | |
| Use of steroids prior to infection | 9 | 40 | 0.59 |
| No steroid use prior to infection | 8 | 26 |
LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection; PIV, parainfluenza virus; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; ALC, absolute lymphocyte count