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. 2016 Apr 21;4(6):463–472. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)00096-5

Table 2.

Organism-specific prevalence and quantification of load in cases and controls from nasopharyngeal samples

Prevalence of organism
Quantification of organism (median [IQR]; log10copies per mL)
Case (N=284) Control (N=412) Odds ratio (95% CI) Case Control
Bacteria
Bordetella pertussis 6 (2%) 1 (0%) 11·08 (1·33–92·54) 7·38 (4·95–9·84) 8·36 (8·36–8·36)
Haemophilus influenzae type b 4 (1%) 5 (1%) 1·08 (0·28–4·10) 5·32 (4·18–6·14) 5·87 (5·26–6·22)
Mycoplasma pneumoniae 10 (4%) 14 (3%) 1·20 (0·54–2·78) 4·61 (3·73–5·16) 5·22 (4·21–6·61)
Staphylococcus aureus 81 (28%) 142 (35%) 0·70 (0·48–1·02) 4·59 (3·47–5·57) 5·12 (3·71–6·42)
H influenzae 152 (54%) 164 (40%) 1·67 (1·20–2·30) 6·57 (5·53–7·31) 6·53 (5·75–7·26)
Streptococcus pneumoniae 168 (60%) 237 (58%) 1·07 (0·76–1·48) 6·07 (5·31–6·62) 6·03 (5·08–6·65)
Moraxella catarrhalis 214 (75%) 292 (71%) 1·19 (0·82–1·74) 6·58 (5·79–7·20) 7·03 (6·40–7·50)
Viruses
Respiratory syncytial virus 66 (23%) 17 (4%) 8·05 (4·21–15·38) 6·77 (5·75–7·68) 4·37 (3·55–5·05)
Influenza (types A, B, and C) 32 (11%) 11 (3%) 4·13 (2·06–8·26) 3·84 (2·62–5·29) 4·38 (2·73–6·34)
Parainfluenza (types 1, 2, 3, and 4) 35 (12%) 26 (6%) 2·03 (1·20–3·42) 5·44 (3·86–7·08) 4·29 (3·44–5·37)
Adenovirus 53 (19%) 41 (10%) 2·15 (1·31–3·53) 5·38 (3·54–6·70) 5·16 (4·06–5·74)
Metapneumovirus 29 (10%) 44 (11%) 1·12 (0·67–1·88) 5·57 (4·56–6·50) 4·98 (4·33–5·72)
Bocavirus 37 (13%) 32 (8%) 2·29 (1·25–4·17) 4·34 (3·79–5·22) 4·23 (3·43–5·27)
Cytomegalovirus 151 (53%) 177 (43%) 1·57 (1·11–2·21) 4·98 (4·10–5·62) 4·99 (4·41–5·60)
Coronavirus (NL63,229E, OC43, and HKU1) 33 (12%) 43 (10%) 1·20 (0·75–1·97) 6·58 (4·22–7·74) 5·38 (4·07–7·21)
Enterovirus 37 (13%) 57 (14%) 0·93 (0·58–1·49) 3·75 (2·98–5·31) 4·02 (3·45–5·27)
Rhinovirus 100 (35%) 161 (39%) 0·87 (0·63–1·20) 4·12 (3·43–4·91) 4·38 (3·59–5·13)
Fungi
Pneumocystis jirovecii 44 (16%) 122 (30%) 0·35 (0·22–0·55) 4·10 (3·69–4·78) 4·08 (3·69–4·78)