Table 4.

Comparison of hospital resources’ use of single virus infection and viral coinfections.

	Single virus n (%) 289 (64.5)	Coinfection n (%) 129 (35.5)	p-value
Complementary exams performed
Blood tests; n (%)	202 (69.9%)	116 (72.9%)	0.65
Chest X-ray; n (%)	186 (64.4%)	111 (69.8%)	0.35
Bacteriologic cultures of respiratory secretions; n (%)	145 (50.2%)	80 (50.3%)	1
Medications prescribed
Short beta-2 adrenergic agonists; n (%)	93 (32.2%)	75 (47.2%)	0.002
Oral corticosteroids; n (%)	41 (14.2)	40 (25.2%)	0.005
Antibiotics; n (%)	168 (58.1%)	109 (68.6%)	0.025

^{Bold values are values with statistical significance.}