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Table 2 The concordance and discordance in specific viral pathogens in NP and BAL samples from 153 patients

From: Concordance in pathogen identification at the upper and lower respiratory tract of children with severe pneumonia

NPS/BALF

HADV

HRV

HPIV

HRSV

HMPV

HCOV

INFA/B

HBoV

NPS+

38

29

13

7

7

7

3

1

BALF+

89

14

8

1

3

1

2

1

NPS+/BALF+

37

9

4

0

1

0

1

0

NPS-/BALF+

52

5

4

1

2

1

1

1

NPS+/BALF-

1

20

9

7

6

7

2

1

NPS-/BALF-

63

119

136

145

144

145

149

151

Cohen’s kappa (95% CI)

0.36(0.25–0.47)

0.34(0.14–0.53)

0.34(0.07–0.61)

-

-

-

-

-

X [2]

49.08

7.84

1.23

-

-

-

-

-

P

< 0.001

0.005

0.267

-

-

-

-

-

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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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