Table 2.
PCR +ve % (N) | PCR -ve % (N) | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Prematurity | 23 (22) | 32 (36) | 0.25 |
Maternal antibiotics | 26 (25) | 33 (37) | 0.47 |
Total symptomatic | 83 (80) | 77 (87) | 0.48 |
Tachypnoea | 43 (41) | 40 (44) | 0.67 |
Hypothermia | 31 (30) | 2 (2) | 0.00026 |
Recession/retraction | 25 (24) | 28 (31) | 0.74 |
Grunting | 22 (21) | 29 (33) | 0.94 |
Fever | 17 (16) | 17 (19) | 0.97 |
Nasal flare | 11 (11) | 13 (14) | 0.90 |
Most common signs and clinical features of newborns testing PCR positive vs negative.