Table 2. Summary of clinical and test results of children with asthma syndrome and pneumonia.

Characteristic/Test	Asthma Syndrome			Bacterial Pneumonia			Asthma +Bacterial Pneumonia			Viral Pneumonia
	Total	Positive	%	Total	Positive	%	Total	Positive	%	Total	Positive	%
Axillary temperature ≥38°C	203	43	21.2	167	71	42.5	50	18	36.0	163	42	25.8
Audible wheeze	203	72	35.5	167	2	1.2	50	18	36.0	163	5	3.1
Raised *WBC (15X109 cells/l)	199	18	9.1	166	70	42.2	48	17	35.4	160	20	12.5
Raised Neutrophils (≥65%)	199	15	7.5	166	57	34.3	48	31	64.6	160	7	4.4
Raised lymphocytes (≥45%)	199	104	52.3	166	24	14.5	48	3	6.3	160	88	55.0
Raised †CRP (≥40mg/dl)	193	50	25.9	156	116	74.4	48	34	70.8	151	55	36.4
Positive blood culture	203	0	0.0	165	18	10.8	50	6	12.0	163	0	0.0
RSV positive	203	39	19.2	164	20	12.2	50	9	18.0	159	29	18.2
Positive blood smear for malaria parasites	203	52	25.6	167	39	23.4	50	9	18.0	162	51	31.5
≠SaO2 (<92%)	203	98	48.3	167	90	53.9	50	30	60.0	163	69	42.3
Abnormal chest x-ray	196	77	39.3	159	127	79.9	48	45	93.8	158	51	32.3

*Whitecellcount,†C-reactiveprotein,≠peripheraloxygensaturation

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