Table 1.
Demographic and clinical description of children with a negative PCR result and a positive viral culture.
| n = 144 | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 91 (63.2%) |
| Female | 53 (36.8%) |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean ± SD | 2.35 ± 3.42 |
| Median (IQR) | 0.92 (0.24–2.64) |
| Sample type | |
| Nasopharyngeal aspirate or swab | 137 (95.14%) |
| Other (BAL and ETT aspirate) | 7 (4.86%) |
| Setting specimen collected in | |
| Medical and surgical inpatient units | 72 (50.0%) |
| Hematology-Oncology clinic or inpatient unit | 6 (4.16%) |
| Intensive care units | 29 (20.14%) |
| Emergency room | 24 (16.67%) |
| Other* | 13 (9.03%) |
| Admitted to hospital | 118 (81.94%) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Healthy | 62 (43.06%) |
| Malignancy | 11 (7.64%) |
| Immunosuppressed state | 8 (5.56%) |
| Preterm | 14 (9.72%) |
| Sickle cell disease | 2 (1.39%) |
| Neuromuscular disease | 12 (8.33%) |
| Pulmonary disease | 17 (11.81%) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 15 (10.42%) |
| Renal disease | 1 (0.69%) |
| Recurrent pneumonia | 6 (4.17%) |
| Gastroesophageal reflux | 9 (6.25%) |
| Other chronic diseases | 22 (15.28%) |
| Working diagnosis | |
| Upper respiratory infection | 23 (15.97%) |
| Lower respiratory infection | 35 (24.31%) |
| Febrile neonate | 12 (8.33%) |
| Unspecified febrile illness | 44 (30.56%) |
| Meningitis | 7 (4.86%) |
| Elective bronchoalveolar lavage | 5 (3.47%) |
| Gastrointestinal infection | 7 (4.86%) |
| Other | 11 (7.64%) |
| Chest x-ray findings | n = 77 |
| Normal chest x-ray | 16 (20.78%) |
| Consolidation | 18 (23.38%) |
| Pleural effusion | 5 (6.49%) |
| Perihiliar thickening | 38 (49.35%) |
| Air leak | 1 (1.30%) |
| Atelectasis | 14 (18.18%) |
| Hyperinflation | 6 (7.79%) |
| Pulmonary edema | 2 (2.60%) |
| Ground glass opacities | 1 (1.30%) |
| Lymphocyte count (References [9], [10]) | n = 112 |
| Low | 54 (37.5%) |
| Normal | 55 (38.19%) |
| High | 3 (2.08%) |
| Neutrophil count (References [9], [10]) | n = 112 |
| Low | 12 (8.33%) |
| Normal | 75 (52.08%) |
| High | 25 (17.36%) |
*Other: Day hospital, Day surgery, Respiratory clinic, Gastroenterology clinic, Infectious Diseases clinic.
SD = Standard deviation.
IQR = Interquartile range.