Table 1 Data description by clinical ear state

Number of kids

114

-

-

-

-

na

Number of swabs (% of total)

366

18(5)

175(48)

115(31)

58(16)

na

Mean age months (median)

8.0

5.4 (3.4)

7.2 (6.6)

8. (7.7)

8.5 (8.1)

<0.001

*

Bacteria detection (% of total)

Any bacteria

366(100)

18(100)

175(100)

115(100)

58(100)

na

**

Spn

327(89)

11(61)

155(89)

109(95)

52(90)

<0.001

**

Hinf

333(91)

16(89)

155(89)

110(96)

52(90)

0.211

**

Mcat

351(96)

14(78)

167(95)

113(98)

57(98)

<0.001

**

Virus detection (% of total)

Any virus

228(62)

12(67)

102(58)

78(68)

36(62)

0.416

**

Total virus (virus:swab(+)ratio)

312(1.37)

14(1.17)

134(1.31)

117(1.51)

47(1.31)

0.120

**

HBoV

28(8)

0(0)

14(8)

10(9)

4(7)

0.627

**

HPyV

50(14)

6(33)

20(11)

19(17)

5(9)

0.034

**

HAdV

49(13)

1(6)

13(7)

22(19)

13(22)

0.003

**

HRV

139(38)

5(28)

69(39)

47(41)

18(31)

0.467

**

HCoV

14(4)

0(0)

7(4)

5(4)

2(3)

0.840

**

Other

32(9)

2(11)

11(6)

14(12)

5(9)

0.369

**