Table 2.
Clinical course of hospitalization among 202 children with human rhinoviruses and comparison between species A and C.
| Total HRV (n = 202) |
HRV-A* (n = 16) |
HRV-C* (n = 10) |
p* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Length of stay ≤3 days | 127 | 62.9 | 7 | 43.8 | 5 | 50.0 | 0.688 |
| Length of stay >3 days | 75 | 37.1 | 9 | 56.3 | 5 | 50.0 | |
| Oxygen supplementation | 146 | 72.3 | 13 | 81.3 | 9 | 90.0 | 0.280 |
| Intensive care requirement | 22 | 10.9 | 3 | 18.8 | 2 | 20.0 | 0.999 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 10.0 | 0.999 |
HRV: human rhinovirus.
*
Fisher test was used for the comparison between children with HRV-A and those with HRV-C. Statistical significance was assumed for p ≤ 0.05.