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. 2022 Mar 15;28(7):859–865. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2022.03.001

Table 5.

Comparison of clinical characteristics among patients with RSV monoinfection, HCoV monoinfection, and RSV and HCoV co-infection.

RSV (n = 362)
HCoV (n = 35)
RSV + HCoV (n = 9)




Median [IQR]/number (%) Median [IQR]/number (%) Median [IQR]/number (%) PA PB PC PD
Age (Months) 14.0 [3.3–25.0] 16.0 [8.0–40.0] 7.0 [1.0–20.0] 0.047 0.076 0.424 0.167
 <2 months 58 (16.0) 2 (5.7) 3 (33.3)
 2–5 months 56 (15.5) 5 (14.3) 2 (11.1)
 6–11 months 46 (12.7) 5 (14.3) 3 (22.2)
 12–23 months 105 (29.0) 9 (25.7) 2 (22.2)
 >24 months 98 (27.1) 14 (40.0) 1 (11.1)
Sex (male) 188 (51.9) 25 (71.4) 6 (66.7) 0.067
Period from onset to hospitalization (day) 4 [2–5] 2 [1–4.5] 3 [2–3] 0.003 0.004 0.540 1.0
Hospitalization period (day) 5 [4–6] 4 [3–5] 5 [4–5] 0.007 0.008 0.897 1.0
Fever 308 (85.1) 32 (91.4) 8 (88.9) 0.670
Rhinorrhea 280 (77.3) 18 (51.4) 8 (88.9) 0.002
Cough 344 (95.0) 32 (91.4) 9 (100) 0.510
Wheezing 95 (26.2) 11 (31.4) 1 (11.1) 0.462
WBC (/μL) 9600 [7200–12850] 11300 [7300–15300] 8900 [7100–10300] 0.207
CRP (mg/dL) 1.0 [0.2–2.7] 1.2 [0.6–2.8] 0.2 [0.1–0.8] 0.138
Admission of PICU
2 (0.6)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
0.885



Diagnosis
Tympanitis 2 (0.6) 2 (5.7) 0 (0.0) 0.012
URI 14 (3.9) 13 (37.1) 0 (0.0) <0.001
Croup 1 (0.3) 6 (17.1) 0 (0.0) <0.001
LRI 343 (94.8) 19 (54.3) 9 (100) <0.001

PA: Kruskal–Wallis test or Chi-squared test, PB, PC, PD: Dunn's multiple comparison tests.

PB, RSV vs. HCoV; PC, RSV vs. RSV + HCoV PD, HCoV vs. RSV + HCoV.

Data are shown as median (IQR) or number (%).

IQR, interquartile range; WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; PICU, pediatric intensive care unit; URI, upper respiratory infection; and LRI, lower respiratory infection.