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Table 1 Demographic, laboratory data and outcomes of children with RSV bronchiolitis

From: Respiratory syncytial virus subtypes in children with bronchiolitis: does it correlate with clinical severity?

Characteristics

RSV-A

n = 26

RSV-B

n = 56

P value

Demographics

Age, months

3.5 (2, 10)

3 (2, 10)

0.680

Gender (male)

14 (54%)

35 (62%)

0.457

Clinical features

Underlying diseases

8 (31%)

17 (30%)

0.970

Extrapulmonary complications*

10 (39%)

23 (41%)

0.823

Disease day before admission

4 (3, 8)

5 (3, 7)

0.500

Febrile day before admission

1 (0, 3)

1 (0, 3)

0.622

Highest temperature (℃)

38 (37, 39)

38 (37, 38.9)

0.971

Laboratory testing results

WBC (10^9/L)

9 (6.8, 12.9)

9 (7, 12)

0.823

Neutrophils%

32.5 (19.6, 60.2)

34 (22, 52)

0.762

Lymphocytes%

53 (27, 66)

57 (38, 64)

0.931

Monocytes%

8 (5.5, 11)

8 (5.7, 10)

0.598

CRP (mg/L)

1 (1, 10.9)

1 (1, 7.2)

0.390

CD3 + cell%

59 (58, 62)

59 (55, 65)

0.976

CD4 + cell%

37 (32, 37)

37 (35, 41)

0.167

CD8 + cell%

20 (17, 22)

19 (16, 21)

0.243

DNT cell%

2.9 (1.9, 3.1)

2 (1.4, 2.9)

0.072

CK (U/L)

84 (68, 165)

92 (67, 121)

0.932

CK-MB (ug/L)

3 (1.5, 6.1)

3.8 (2.1, 4.6)

0.580

LDH (U/L)

327 (259, 414)

287 (256, 317)

0.109

HBDH (U/L)

256 (216, 310)

236 (213, 256)

0.209

Bacterial coinfection

5 (19%)

6 (11%)

0.292

Outcomes

Severe/moderate/mild

13/3/10

21/2/33

0.139

PICU admission

18 (69%)

26 (46%)

0.054

PICU stay

1 (1,2)

0 (0,1)

0.300

Hospital stay

8 (7,11)

7 (6,8)

0.044

Death

2 (7.7%)

1 (1.8%)

0.235

  1. *Extrapulmonary complications included 21 children with cardiovascular and 19 children with digestive system involvement. Nine of these children had both cardiovascular and digestive complications, making a total of 33 children with all complications
  2. Abbreviations: WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; DNT, double negative T cell; CK, creatine kinase; CK-MB, creatine kinase isoenzymes MB; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; HBDH, hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase