Table 1.

Comparison of subjects in different diagnostic disease categories

	Viral infection syndrome (n = 160)	Pneumonia, indeterminate, nonsevere (n = 179)	Pneumonia, indeterminate, severe (n = 134)	Bacterial infection syndrome (n = 34)
Age category
< 2 y	93 (58%)	76 (43%)	49 (37%)	2 (5.9%)
2 to <5 y	36 (22%)	65 (37%)	43 (32%)	18 (53%)
5 to < 10 y	22 (14%)	36 (20%)	26 (19%)	8 (24%)
10 y and over	9 (5.6%)	1 (0.56%)	16 (12%)	6 (18%)
Pneumococcus detected?
Yes	63 (39%)	103 (58%)	48 (36%)	13 (38%)
No	97 (61%)	76 (42%)	86 (64%)	21 (62%)
Median genomic load (25–75%ile) in those with detectable pneumococcal colonization, log copies/mL	6.12 (4.63–6.89)	6.30 (5.06–7.17)	5.80 (5.30–6.94)	6.26 (5.05–7.63)
Pneumococcal genomic load
0–3 log copies/mL	98 (61%)	80 (45%)	87 (65%)	21 (62%)
3–6.9 log copies/mL	48 (30%)	61 (34%)	35 (26%)	9 (26%)
> 6.9 log copies/mL	14 (8.8%)	38 (21%)	12 (9.0%)	4 (12%)

Bold indicates differences between categories, p < 0.001