Table 2.
Diagnostic/laboratory investigations
| Diagnostic/laboratory investigations | Bacterial infection n = 67 |
Viral infection n = 76 |
Atypical infection n = 43 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performed chest X-ray (CXR) | 64(95.52) | 63 (84) | 33 (76.74) |
B-V: 0.026 V-A:0.330 B-A:0.003 |
| Consolidation (CXR) | 58 (90.63) | 49 (77.78) | 27 (81.82) |
B-V: 0.047 V-A: 0.643 B-A:0.212 |
| Atelectasis (CXR) | 12 (18.75) | 12 (19.05) | 3(9.09) |
B-V: 0.9 V-A:0.164 B-A:0.172 |
| Pleural effusion (CXR) | 39 (60.94) | 15 (23.81) | 9 (27.27) |
B-V: < 0.001 V-A:0.710 B-A:0.002 |
| CRP < 50 mg/L | 24 (40.68) | 52 (85.25) | 15 (65.22) |
B-V: < 0.001 V-A: 0.042 B-A: 0.046 |
| CRP 50–100 mg/L | 12 (20.34) | 3 (4.92) | 3 (13.04) |
B-V:0.01 V-A: 0.202 B-A:0.336 |
| CRP > 100 mg/L | 23 (38.98) | 6 (9.84) | 5 (21.74) |
B-V: < 0.001 V-A:0.141 B-A:0.139 |
|
WBC count: < 10,000/µL |
23 (41.07) | 23 (42.59) | 9 (37.50) |
B-V:0.872 V-A: 0.673 B-A:0.766 |
|
WBC count: 10,000–15,000/µL |
15 (26.79) | 18 (33.33) | 8 (33.33) |
B-V:0.454 V-A:1 B-A:0.553 |
|
WBC count: > 15,000/µL |
18 (32.14) | 13 (24.07) | 7 (29.17) |
B-V: 0.347 V-A:0.635 B-A:0.792 |