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. 2018 Sep 14;108:90–95. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2018.09.009

Table 2.

Changes in medical management in children and adults by diagnostic method.

Univariate Analysis
Multivariate Analysisa
Multivariate Analysisb
FilmArray-RP
IFA
p OR (CI95%) p OR (CI95%) p
n (%) n (%)
Children 113 43
Total n of children with a medical change 62 (54.8) 6 (13.9) <0.001 7.77 (3.02–20.03) <0.001 8.07 (3.03–21.47) <0.001
 Decrease in antibiotic prescriptions 26 (23.0) 1 (2.3) 0.001 13.17 (1.71–101.01) 0.013 12.23 (1.56–96.09) 0.017
 Increase in antibiotic prescriptions 2 (1.8) 1 (2.3) 0.697
 Decrease in oseltamivir prescriptions 2 (1.8) 1 (2.3) 0.621
 Increase in oseltamivir prescriptions 2 (1.8) 1 (2.3) 0.621
 Decrease in complementary studies 29 (25.7) 2 (4.7) 0.001 6.84 (1.53–30.49) 0.012 9.64 (2.13–43.63) 0.003
 Increase in complementary studies 6 (5.1) 0 (0.0) 0.087



Adults 176 100
Total n of adults with a medical change 55 (31.3) 14 (14.0) 0.001 2.60 (1.35–5.01) 0.004 2.67 (1.32–5.40) 0.006
 Decrease in antibiotic prescriptions 24 (13.6) 1 (1.0) 0.001 15.90 (2.10–119.96) 0.007 15.52 (1.99–120.83) 0.009
 Increase in antibiotic prescriptions 2 (1.1) 1 (1.0) 0.657
 Decrease in oseltamivir prescriptions 21 (11.9) 9 (9.0) 0.042 1.19 (0.51–2.79) 0.683
 Increase in oseltamivir prescriptions 12 (6.8) 3 (3.0) 0.091
 Decrease in complementary studies 1 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 0.594
 Increase in complementary studies 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) 0.364



Total n patients with a medical change 117 (40.5) 20 (14.0) <0.001 4.21 (2.48–7.16) <0.001 4.35 (2.49–7.60) <0.001

FilmArray-RP: BioFire FilmArray respiratory panel, IFA: immunofluorescence assay, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, n = number, p values <0.05 in bold.

a

Logistic regression model adjusted for sex and age.

b

Logistic regression model adjusted for sex, age and randomization.