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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Infect. 2020 Jun 10;81(2):213–220. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.013

Table 5:

Bacterial and viral isolates and the odds of radiological confirmed community-acquired pneumonia among children under five years of age

Bacteria Cases
n (%)
Controls
n (%)
cOR (95%CI) p-value aOR* (95%CI) p-value
S. pneumoniae
Present 44 (40.4) 151 (46.6) 0.8 (0.5 – 1.2) 0.258 - -
Absent 65 (59.6) 173 (53.4) 1 - - -
H. influenzae
Present 50 (45.9) 136 (42.0) 1.2 (0.8 – 1.8) 0.477 - -
Absent 59 (54.1) 188 (58.0) 1 - - -
S. aureus
Present 4 (3.7) 41 (12.6) 0.3 (0.1 – 0.8) 0.013 0.3 (0.1 – 0.9) 0.026
Absent 105 (96.3) 283 (87.4) 1 - 1 -
M. catarrhalis
Present 51 (46.8) 190 (58.6) 0.6 (0.4-1.0) 0.032 - -
Absent 58 (53.2) 134 (41.4) 1 - - -
K. pneumoniae
Present 2 (1.8) 1 (0.3) 6.0 (0.5- 67.2) 0.143 0.8 (0.1 – 14.0) 0.907
Absent 107 (98.2) 323 (99.7) 1 - 1 -
S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae
Present 31 (28.4) 91 (28.1) 1.0 (0.6 – 1.6) 0.943 3.2 (1.1 – 9.5) 0.032
Absent 78 (71.6) 233 (71.9) 1 - 1 -
S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis
Present 20 (18.3) 82 (25.3) 0.7 (0.4 – 1.1) 0.140 0.1 (0.04 – 0.5) 0.002
Absent 89 (81.6) 242 (74.7) 1 - 1 -
RSV
Present 22 (20.2) 9(2.8) 8.9 (3.9 – 20.0) <0.001 8.4 (3.2 – 22.1) <0.001
Absent 87(79.8) 315(97.2) 1 1
S. pneumoniaeand Influenza A
Present 2 (1.8) 11 (3.4) 0.5 (0.1 – 2.4) - - -
Absent 107 (98.2) 313 (96.6) 1 - - -
Influenza A
Present 6(5.5) 12 (3.7) 1.5 (0.6 – 4.1) 0.418 - -
Absent 103 (94.5) 312(96.3) 1 - - -
Influenza B
Present 2(1.8) 0 - - - -
Absent 107(98.2) 324(100) - - - -

cOR: crude odds ratio

aOR: adjusted odds ratio

CI: confidence interval

*

Adjusted for age, sex, prior antibiotic use, day care attendance, WAZ, exclusive breast-feeding status, household crowding, cooking fuel and vaccination status