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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory information of the patients in this study

From: Effect of ganciclovir for the treatment of severe cytomegalovirus-associated pneumonia in children without a specific immunocompromised state

 

Number

Percentage

Age, Median (IQR)

57 (45-85)days

 

Male

26

60.5%

Female

17

39.5%

History

  

Low birth weight (< 2,500 g)

16

37.2%

First-child

26

60.5%

Exclusive Breast fed

23

53.5%

Blood transfusion history

5

11.6%

Vaginal delivery

36

83.7%

Term infants (gestational age ≥38 weeks)

25

58.1%

Symptoms

  

Weight (kg)

3.83 ± 0.95 (1.9-6)

 

Malnourished

5

11.6%

Cough

43

100%

Diarrhea

10

23.3%

Wheeze

43

100%

Signs

  

Body temperature ≥380C

23

58.5%

Sp02 <90% on room air

32

74.4%

Hepatomegaly

26

60.5%

Laboratory test

  

CRP <0.6 mg/dl

36

83.7%

Hemoglobin <11 g/dl

29

67.4%

Leukocytosis >10,000 leukocyte /mm3

39

90.7%

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 40 IU/L

32

74.4%

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >37 IU/L

19

41.2%

Immunological data

  

Positive for CMV-IgM

29

67.4%

Positive for CMV-IgG

43

100%

Low CD4 (<35% of T cell )*

25/36

69.4%

Low IgG level (<176 mg/dl)**

9/35

25.7%

CMV viral load

  

CMV-DNA copies/mL in plasma, Median (IQR), 103 copies/mL

59.5 (30-160)

 

CMV-DNA copies/mL in tracheal aspirates, Median (IQR), 103 copies/mL

120 (7-4,000)

 

Chest X-ray

  

Interstitial changes

28

65.1%

Interstitial and consolidation

20

46.5%

Consolidation

5

11.6%

Time interval between onset and visit ≥7 days, Median (IQR)

15(10-21)

 

Outcome

  

Discharged

42

97.7%

Died

1

2.3%

  1. IQR Interquartile range, CMV cytomegalovirus, *Data were available for 36 patients.**Data were available for 35 patients.