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. 2021 Jan 15;17(6):1628–1634. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1849516

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of patients with COVID-19

  Total
(n = 115)
S. pneumonia positive (n = 37) S. pneumonia negative (n = 78) p value
Age, years (median, min-max) 9 (3–14) 4 (1–11) 10 (4–14) 0.009
Male (%) 61 (50.8) 20 (52.6) 41 (50) 0.59
Rate of Refugees, n (%) 31 (26.9) 12 (32.4) 19 (24.4) 0.36
Underlying disease, n (%) 9 (7.5) 2 (5.3) 7 (8.5) 0.71
Symptoms, n (%)        
 Fever 43 (35.8) 15 (39.5) 28 (34.1) 0.63
 Cough 43 (35.8) 15 (39.1) 28 (34.1) 0.63
Laboratory findings, n (%)        
 Leukocytosis 0 0 0 NA
 Lymphopenia 24 (20) 5 (13.2) 19 (23.2) 0.18
 Increased CRP 28/88 (31.8) 5/32 (15.6) 12/70 (17.1) 0.84
 Increased Procalcitonin 0/77 (0) 0/24 (0) 0/53 (0) NA
 Increased LDH 28/88 (31.8) 13/26 (50) 15/62 (24.2) 0.03
 D dimer 7/25 (28) 4/10 (40) 3/15 (20) 0.37
Chest x-ray, n (%) 120 (100)      
 Abnormal 38 (31.7) 11 (28.9) 27 (32.9) 0.60
Thorax CT, n (%) 30 (40)      
 Normal 19/30 (15.8) 8/11 (72.7) 11/19 (57.8) 0.46
 Abnormal 11/30 (9.2) 3/11 (27.2) 8/19 (42.1)  
Severity        
 Asymptomatic 32 (26.7) 10 (26.3) 22 (26.3) NA
 Mild 51 (42.5) 16 (42.1) 31 (42.7)  
 Moderate 34 (28.3) 11 (28.9) 18 (28)  
 Severe/Critical 3 (2.5) 1 (2.6) 2 (2.4)  
Antibacterial treatment, n (%) 23 (20) 7 (18.9) 16 (20.5) 0.76
Antiviral treatment, n (%) 2 (1.7) 1 (2.7) 2 (1.3) NA

CRP; C-reactive protein, LDH; Lactate dehydrogenase, CT; Computer tomography,