TABLE 2.
Radiological findings of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and treated with different posologic regimens of aqueous penicillin G in a university hospital in Salvador, Brazil
| Radiological findings | No. (%) of children receiving daily posologic penicillin regimen of: |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 doses (n = 120) | 4 doses (n = 144) | ||
| Presence of pulmonary infiltrate | 112 (93.3) | 113 (78.5) | 0.001 |
| Classification of pulmonary infiltratea | |||
| Alveolar | 106/112 (94.6) | 109/113 (96.5) | 0.5 |
| Interstitial | 5/112 (4.5) | 1/113 (0.9) | 0.1 |
| Interstitial-alveolar | 1/112 (0.9) | 3/113 (2.6) | 0.6 |
| Atelectasis | 9 (7.5) | 6 (4.2) | 0.2 |
| Peribronchial thickening | 1 (0.8) | 5 (3.5) | 0.2 |
| Alveolar consolidation | 2 (1.7) | 2 (1.4) | 1.0 |
| Pleural effusion | 15 (12.5) | 39 (27.1) | 0.003 |
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Numerators indicate the number of children with the finding and denominators indicate the total number of children examined for the finding. The information was missing for some children, which is why the numerators differ.