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Table 2.

HIGHEST-QUALITY STUDIES OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE EXACERBATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH VIRAL AND MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION

Study	Patients(n)	Exacerbations (n)	Viral Exacerbationsn(%)	Identified Agent (n)
Study	Patients(n)	Exacerbations (n)	Viral Exacerbationsn(%)	Influenza A & B	Para-influenza 1,2,3	Corona-virus	Rhino-virus	Adeno-virus	HSV	RSV	*Mycoplasma pneumoniae*
Gump et al⁵⁵	25	116	39 (34)	15	9	6	4	3	11	5	1
Buscho et al²⁵	46	166	50 (25)	17	10	8	NR	2	NR	0	4
Smith et al¹¹³	150	1030	186 (18)	50	29	17	44	7	21	8	5
HSV = Herpes simplex virus; RSV = respiratory syncytial virus; NR = not reported.