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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 76 cases

From: Suspension microarray-based comparison of oropharyngeal swab and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for pathogen identification in young children hospitalized with respiratory tract infection

Category

Subcategory

Number (%)

Gender

Male

50 (65.8%)

Female

26 (34.2%)

Age

Range

1ā€‰month āˆ’7ā€‰years

Median

16ā€‰months

<ā€‰ 1ā€‰year

30 (39.5%)

1ā€“5ā€‰years

34 (44.7%)

5ā€“7ā€‰years

12 (15.8%)

Clinical presentation

Cough

76 (100%)

Fever

51 (67.1%)

Wheeze

36 (47.3%)

Tachypnoea

4 (5.3%)

Cyanosis

3 (3.9%)

Hemoptysis

2 (2.6%)

Laboratory testing

White blood cell

76 (100%)

C-reaction protein

72 (94.7%)

Procalcitonin

70 (92.1%)

Sputum culture

42 (55.3%)

Radiography

Chest X-ray

15 (19.7%)

Computed tomography

61 (80.3%)

Diagnosis

Bronchopneumonia

42 (55.3%)

Severe pneumonia admitted to PICU

22 (28.9%)

Bronchiolitis

8 (10.5%)

Chronic cough

3 (3.9%)

Obliterative bronchiolitis

1 (1.3%)

Management

Supplemental oxygen

47 (61.8%)

Mechanical ventilation

9 (11.8%)

  1. PICU pediatric intensive care unit