Table 2.
Comparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics of mono- and coinfections
| Characteristic | Monoinfections N = 131 |
Coinfections N = 67 |
p value (OR with 95 % CI)a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (SDb) in months | 19.4 (17.3) | 17.7 (11.8) | 0.86 |
| Mean duration of hospitalisation (SDb), in days | 5.2 (4.1) | 4.3 (2.5) | 0.06 |
| Clinical, number (%) | |||
| Pneumonia | 39 (29.8) | 19 (28.4) | 0.87 (1.02, 0.83–1.27) |
| Wheezing | 70 (53.4) | 41 (61.2) | 0.36 (1.24, 0.83–1.85) |
| Fever | 64 (48.9) | 39 (58.2) | 0.32 (1.29, 0.86–1.91) |
| Nasal symptoms | 94 (71.8) | 47 (70.2) | 0.87 (1.03, 0.82–1.29) |
| Pharyngitis | 75 (57.3) | 22 (32.8) | < 0.01 (1.40, 1.14–1.71) |
| Added oxygen | 55 (42.0) | 21 (31.3) | 0.17 (1.16, 0.96–1.41) |
| Ventilatory support | 8 (6.1) | 1 (1.5) | 0.28 (1.37, 1.06–1.76) |
| Laboratory, mean (SD b ) | |||
| CRP (mg/l) | 28.2 (44.0) | 34.6 (47.0) | 0.34 |
| WBC (× 109/l) | 14.4 (6.4) | 15.3 (6.8) | 0.32 |
WBC white blood cell, CRP C-reactive protein
a OR odds ratio with 95 % confidence interval is presented only for categorical variables
b SD standard deviation