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Table 2 Prevalence of causative respiratory viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae according to age groups in children hospitalized due to community-acquired pneumonia

From: Annual and seasonal patterns in etiologies of pediatric community-acquired pneumonia due to respiratory viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae requiring hospitalization in South Korea

Detected respiratory virus

< 2 years, No. (%)

2–4 years, No. (%)

5–11 years, No. (%)

12–17 years, No. (%)

Total, No. (%)

Adenovirus

964 (7.1)

764 (7.9)

183 (3.12)

33 (1.7)

1944 (6.3)

Rhinovirus

2545 (18.8)

1441 (14.8)

626 (10.8)

199 (10.2)

4811 (15.5)

Influenza

701 (5.2)

619 (6.44)

519 (9.0)

196 (10.1)

2035 (6.6)

 Influenza A

534 (4.0)

386 (4.0)

302 (5.2)

117 (6.0)

1339 (4.32)

 Influenza B

172 (1.3)

239 (2.5)

218 (3.8)

79 (4.1)

708 (2.3)

Parainfluenza

2668 (19.7)

1317 (13.6)

476 (8.2)

192 (9.9)

4653 (15.0)

Metapneumovirus

1049 (7.8)

750 (7.7)

112 (1.9)

45 (2.3)

1956 (6.3)

Respiratory syncytial virus

4600 (34.0)

1451 (14.9)

194 (3.3)

59 (3.0)

6304 (20.3)

Bocavirus

511 (38.0)

214 (2.2)

41 (0.7)

20 (1.0)

786 (2.5)

Coronavirus

264 (2.0)

152 (1.6)

66 (1.1

21 (1.1)

503 (1.6)

MP

1277 (9.4)

3526 (36.3)

3475 (59.9)

905 (46.4)

9183 (29.6)

 Clinically MSMP

1121 (8.3)

2816 (29.0)

2482 (42.8)

681 (34.9)

7100 (22.9)

 Clinically MRMP

25 (0.2)

154 (1.6)

244 (4.2)

47 (2.4)

470 (1.5)

 Clinically MLEP

131 (1.1)

556 (5.7)

749 (12.9)

177 (9.1)

1613 (5.2)

Neither MP nor virus identified

1997 (14.8)

1529 (15.7)

906 (15.6)

484 (24.8)

4916 (15.9)

Only respiratory virus detection

10,253 (75.8)

4660 (48.0)

1421 (24.5)

561 (28.8)

16,895 (54.5)

Total number

13,527 (100.0)

9715 (100.0)

5802 (100.0)

1950 (100.0)

30,994 (100.0)

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