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Table 2 Chest X-ray and CT findings in MC-CAP and SP-CAP patients

From: Clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia due to Moraxella catarrhalis in adults: a retrospective single-centre study

 

MC-CAP (%)

SP-CAP (%)

P valuea

Chest X-ray

 Number of patients

134

130

 

 Bronchopneumonia pattern

127 (94.8)

84 (64.6)

< 0.01

 Lobar pneumonia pattern

7 (5.2)

46 (35.4)

< 0.01

Chest CT

 Number of patients

18

23

 

Findings

 Consolidation

6 (33.3)

19 (82.6)

< 0.01

 Air bronchogram

3 (16.7)

17 (73.9)

< 0.01

 Ground glass opacities

7 (38.9)

20 (87)

< 0.01

 Bronchial wall thickenings

12 (66.7)

6 (26.1)

< 0.01

 Centrilobular nodules

12 (66.7)

20 (87)

0.11

 Nodules (5–30 mm)

7 (38.9)

17 (73.9)

< 0.05

 Pleural effusion

0 (0)

7 (30.4)

< 0.01

 Lymph node enlargement (over 1 cm diameter)

2 (11.2)

10 (43.5)

< 0.05

Distribution

 Unilateral

2 (11.1)

12 (52.2)

< 0.01

 Bilateral

16 (88.9)

11 (47.8)

< 0.01

 Segmental pattern

18 (100)

16 (69.5)

< 0.01

 Non-segmental pattern

0 (0)

7 (30.4)

< 0.01

  1. aStatistical differences between MC-CAP and SP-CAP were evaluated by Pearson’s χ2 or Fisher’s exact test