Table 2. Numbers of positive samples taken from different sites in 119 patients with chronic adenotonsillar disease from whom samples were obtained from all sites.
PT +Ad + | PT +Ad − | PT −Ad + | PT −Ad − | Total* | ||
All viruses | NS+ | 59 | 5 | 24 | 6 | |
NS− | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 117 | |
HAdV | NS+ | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
NS− | 5 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 57 | |
HBoV | NS+ | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
NS− | 1 | 2 | 19 | 83 | 36 | |
HRV | NS+ | 14 | 0 | 12 | 16 | |
NS− | 1 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 46 | |
HEV | NS+ | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
NS− | 13 | 11 | 3 | 70 | 49 |
Adenoids were not available from two patients, one of whom was negative for all tested viruses, while the other had HRSV in NS.
PT: palatine tonsil; Ad: adenoid; NS: nasopharyngeal secretion.
Total number of positive samples.