Table 4.
Clinical characteristics of children who had virus infection with or without bacterial colonization
| Variable | Bronchiolitis with viral detection | Recurrent wheezing with viral detection | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria‐positive (n = 30) | Bacteria‐negative (n = 26) | Bacteria‐positive (n = 50) | Bacteria‐negative (n = 13) | |
| Clinical symptoms | ||||
| Cough | 30 (100) | 26 (100) | 50 (100) | 13 (100) |
| Fever | 6 (20) | 5 (19.23) | 20 (40) | 4 (30.77) |
| Rhinorrhoea | 4 (13.33) | 4 (15.38) | 14 (28) | 4 (30.77) |
| Vomiting | 1 (3.33) | 2 (7.69) | 7 (14) | 1 (7.69) |
| Shortness of breath | 3 (10) | 0 | 11 (22) | 3 (23.08) |
| Diarrhoea | 15 (50) | 11 (42.31) | 12 (24) | 1 (7.69) |
| Rapid breathing | 9 (30) | 4 (15.38) | 17 (34) | 3 (23.08) |
| Cyanosis | 14 (46.67) | 6 (23.08) | 19 (38)a | 1 (7.69)a |
| Atopy | 21 (70) | 18 (69.23) | 34 (68) | 7 (53.85) |
| Duration of hospitalization (days)b | 7.57 ± 0.57 | 7.92 ± 0.57 | 18.18 ± 2.03c | 14.32 ± 1.00c |
| White blood cell countb (101 cell/mL) | 9.52 ± 0.57 | 9.90 ± 1.16 | 10.26 ± 0.55 | 9.50 ± 0.69 |
Note: Data are no. (%) of children.
aCalculated using Fisher’s exact test. p 0.047 (considered to indicate statistical significance).
bDuration of hospitalization is presented as mean ± standard deviation.
cCalculated using the Mann–Whitney U‐test. p 0.0379 (considered to indicate statistical significance).