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. 2019 Mar 8;52(5):827–830. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2019.01.002

Table 2.

Comparison of Simpson index by episode between the development of LRTI (infectious state) and asymptomatic state (non-infectious state).

Case and episode Infectious state Non-infectious statea
1-1 0.3634 0.8516
2-1 0.0222 0.3023
3-1 0.8793 0.8337
3-2 0.8911 0.2274
4-1 0.5948 0.7275
4-2 0.4897 0.5675
5-1 0.6107 0.7737
5-2 0.4835 0.5861
5-3 0.8846 0.6573
5-4 0.2716 0.5124
5-5 0.7821 0.9283
6-1 0.8421 0.5244
6-2 0.8018 0.8801
7-1 0.8921 0.8977
7-2 0.7639 0.8639

All patients did not take any antimicrobial agents between non-infectious and infectious states. LRTI: lower respiratory tract infection.

a

This indicates that patients are asymptomatic, and do not take any antimicrobial agents more than one month before sampling.