Table 4.

Historical paired 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	0.0595 ± 0.0932	0.0357 ± 0.0954	<0.001
Pneumonia	0.0231 ± 0.0396	0.0204 ± 0.0611	<0.001
Respiratory infection	0.0826 ± 0.1100	0.0561 ± 0.1160	<0.001
Catheter-related infection	0.0164 ± 0.0511	0.0025 ± 0.0226	<0.001
Digestive tract infection	0.0147 ± 0.0632	0.0025 ± 0.0226	0.006
Other sites of infection	0.0251 ± 0.1855	0.0025 ± 0.0226	0.006
Total infection	0.1388 ± 0.2219	0.0637 ± 0.1230	<0.001

URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.