Table 3.

Comparison on infectious episodes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Episodes per month Mean ± Std. Deviation	Before N = 157	During N = 79	P-value
URTI	0.1057 ± 0.1847	0.0356 ± 0.0954	<0.001
Pneumonia	0.0538 ± 0.2735	0.0204 ± 0.0611	<0.001
Respiratory infection	0.1585 ± 0.3956	0.0561 ± 0.1160	<0.001
Catheter-related infection	0.0093 ± 0.0375	0.0025 ± 0.0226	0.003
Digestive tract infection	0.0085 ± 0.0460	0.0025 ± 0.0226	0.034
Other sites of infection	0.0133 ± 0.1320	0.0025 ± 0.0226	0.062
Total infection	0.1907 ± 0.4140	0.0637 ± 0.1230	<0.001

URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.