Table 4.
Clinical features among HMPV-positive hospitalized children
| Clinical diagnoses and characteristics | Single infection NO. (%) (n = 33) |
Co-infection NO. (%) (n = 19) |
Total NO. (%) (n = 52) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchitis | 14 (42.4) | 9 (47.4) | 23 (44.2) | 0.730a |
| Pneumonia | 19 (57.6) | 10 (52.6) | 29 (55.8) | |
| Abnormal chest radiograph | 31 (94.0) | 18 (94.7) | 49 (94.2) | 1.000b |
| Hospitalization > 7d | 5 (15.2) | 6 (31.6) | 11 (21.2) | 0.296b |
| Fever (≥ 38℃) | 29 (87.9) | 18 (94.7) | 47 (90.4) | 0.641c |
| Convulsion | 1 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 1.000c |
| Shiver | 9 (27.3) | 2 (10.5) | 11 (21.2) | 0.284b |
| Cough | 33 (100.0) | 18 (94.7) | 51 (98.1) | 0.365c |
| Nasal obstruction | 7 (21.2) | 3 (15.8) | 10 (19.2) | 0.910b |
| Rhinorrhoea | 14 (42.4) | 10 (52.6) | 24 (46.2) | 0.477a |
| Sneeze | 8 (24.2) | 6 (31.6) | 14 (26.9) | 0.566a |
| Vomit | 7 (21.2) | 1 (5.3) | 8 (15.4) | 0.256b |
| Diarrhea | 1 (3.0) | 1 (5.3) | 2 (3.9) | 1.000c |
aχ2-test
bContinuity correction
cFisher’s exact test