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Table 6 Clinical symptoms and management in RT-PCR negative, positive, single- and multiple ARI

From: Single- and multiple viral respiratory infections in children: disease and management cannot be related to a specific pathogen

 

RT-PCR negative

RT-PCR positive

p-valuea

Single ARI

Multiple ARI

p-value

DSS, mean

8.83

13.83

0.000

13.57

14.51

0.243

Fever n/total (%)

37/103 (35.9)

243/457 (53.2)

0.002

173/331 (52.3)

70/126 (55.6)

0.529

Admission n/total, (%)

74/103 (71.8)

342/457 (74.8)

0.530

252/331 (76.1)

90/126 (71.4)

0.300

LOS (days)

2.99

3.95

0.003

4.02

3.76

0.432

Oxygen supply (days)

0.85

1.98

0.000

1.99

1.96

0.912

Nebulizer therapy (days)

1.03

1.19

0.227

1.10

1.46

0.140

Antibiotics (days)

1.56

2.32

0.041

2.19

2.67

0.190

  1. ARI acute respiratory tract infection, RT-PCR reverse-transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction, DSS disease severity score, LOS length of hospital stay
  2. a Significant differences are noted as bold