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Table 5 Etiology of CAP according to PSI

From: Viral etiology of community-acquired pneumonia among adolescents and adults with mild or moderate severity and its relation to age and severity

 

PSI I-II (n = 785)

PSI III (n = 113)

PSI IV-V (n = 56)

p value

At least one pathogen

333 (42.5)

35 (29)

25 (44.6)

0.219

Respiratory viruses (RV)

197 (25.1)

22 (19.5)

17 (30.4)

0.267

 IFV A

74 (9.4)

10 (8.8)

10 (17.9)

0.118

  pH1N1bc

42 (5.4)

8 (7.1)

10 (17.9)

0.018

  sH3N2

28 (3.6)

2 (1.8)

0

  pH1N1 and sH3N2

4 (0.5)

0

0

 HRV

33 (4.2)

5 (4.4)

3 (5.4)

0.854

 AdV

36 (4.6)

3 (2.7)

1 (1.8)

0.542

 HMPV

14 (1.8)

1 (0.9)

2 (3.6)

0.391

 PIV 1

15 (1.9)

1 (0.9)

0

0.668

 PIV 3

13 (1.7)

0

1 (1.8)

0.445

 PIV 2

10 (1.3)

1 (0.9)

0

1.000

 IFV B

6 (0.8)

0

0

1.000

 EV

4 (0.5)

1 (0.9)

0

0.624

 RSVA

4 (0.5)

1 (0.9)

0

0.624

 RSV B

4 (0.5)

0

0

1.000

 HCoV OC43/HKU1

4 (0.5)

0

0

1.000

 HCoV 229E/NL63

4 (0.5)

0

0

1.000

 PIV 4

1 (0.1)

0

0

1.000

Bacteria

187 (23.9)

17 (15.1)

13 (23.2)

 

 MPa

157 (20)

6 (5.3)

5 (8.9)

<0.001

 LP

2 (0.3)

2 (1.8)

0

0.146

Typical bacteriaab

28 (3.6)

9 (8)

8 (14.3)

0.001

Two or more pathogens

64 (8.2)

6 (5.3)

5 (8.9)

0.562

  1. Data are expressed as n (%).
  2. a: p < 0.05, PSI I-II vs III;
  3. b: p < 0.05, PSI I-II vs IV-V;
  4. c: p < 0.05, PSI III vs IV-V;
  5. Note: influenza virus (IFV) types A and B, human rhinovirus (HRV), adenovirus (AdV), human metapneumovirus (hMPV), parainfluenza virus (PIV) types 1, 2, 3 and 4, enterovirus (EV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) types A and B, human coronavirus (hCoV) types 229E, NL63, OC43 and HKU1, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) and Legionella pneumophila (LP).