Table 3.
Clinical symptoms in disease episodes of patients with HRV mono‐infection compared with PCR‐negative patients
| Symptoms | Pulmonary underlying illness | No pulmonary underlying illness | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCR negative, N = 83 episodes (%) | HRV mono‐infection, N = 98 episodes (%) | PCR negative, N = 238 episodes (%) | HRV mono‐infection, N = 139 episodes (%) | |
| Fever | 29 (34.9) | 48 (49.0) | 111 (46.6) | 82 (59.0)a |
| Cough | 13 (15.7) | 38 (38.8)b | 28 (11.8) | 35 (25.2)c |
| Dyspnoea | 18 (21.7) | 54 (55.1)d | 53 (22.3) | 34 (24.5) |
| Diarrhoea | 4 (4.8) | 12 (12.2) | 27 (11.3) | 24 (17.3) |
| Vomiting | 6 (7.2) | 12 (12.2) | 27 (11.3) | 19 (13.7) |
| Oxygen need | 31 (37.3) | 62 (63.3)b | 57 (23.9) | 29 (20.9) |
| Mechanical ventilation | 34 (41.0) | 30 (30.6) | 91 (38.2) | 40 (28.8) |
p 0.02 (HRV positives vs. PCR negatives in patients with no underlying pulmonary illness).
p 0.001 (HRV positives vs. PCR negatives in patients with underlying pulmonary illness).
p 0.001(HRV positives vs. PCR negatives in patients with no underlying pulmonary illness).
p <0.001 (HRV positives vs. PCR negatives in patients with underlying pulmonary illness).
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