Table 1.
The Clinical Data and Routine Blood and CRP Test Results of All Patients
| Sex | |
| Female | 19 (41.3%) |
| Male | 27 (58.7%) |
| Age | 36 days to 15 years |
| Infant (28 days to <1 year) | 5 (10.9%) |
| Toddler (1 year to <3 years) | 10 (21.7%) |
| Preschooler (3 years to <6 years) | 6 (13.1%) |
| School age (6 years to <15 years) | 25 (54.3%) |
| Fever | |
| Intermittent fevers (<43°C) with/without chills and shivers | |
| Accompanying symptoms | |
| None | 16 (34.8%) |
| Cough and/or expectoration | 9 (19.5%) |
| Vomiting | 5 (10.9%) |
| Convulsion | 5 (10.9%) |
| Skin rash throughout the body | 4 (8.7%) |
| Swollen neck lymph nodes with pain | 7 (15.2%) |
| Duration of fever | |
| Less than 7 days | 16 (34.8%) |
| 7 days to <30 days | 30 (65.2%) |
| White blood cell count | |
| Low (<4.0×109/L) | 12 (26.1%) |
| Normal (4.0×109/L-10.0×109/L) | 6 (13.0%) |
| High (>10.0×109/L) | 28 (60.9%) |
| CRP | |
| Normal (<10 mg/L) | 5 (10.9%) |
| High (>10 mg/L) | 41 (89.1%) |
| Platelet count | |
| Low (<100×109/L) | 11 (23.9%) |
| High (>100×109/L) | 35 (76.1%) |