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Table 1 Demographic specifics of the study population

From: The influence of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal colonization on the clinical outcome of the respiratory tract infections in preschool children

 

Site

Total

EDa

Vilnius

Kaunas

Panevėžys

Alytus

KlaipÄ—da

Samples, n

264

173

159

223

18

63

900

Positive samplesb, n (%)

121 (45.8)

86 (49.7)

52 (32.7)

82 (36.8)

2 (11.1)

24 (38.1)

367 (40.8)

Mean age, months (SD)

33.52 (16.45)

32.32 (16.33)

34.35 (18.84)

37.91 (17.57)

49.13 (15.37)

39.00 (18.57)

35.20 (17.45)

Males, n (%)

154 (58.3)

89 (51.5)

81 (50.9)

120 (53.8)

14 (77.8)

34 (54.0)

492 (54.7)

Females, n (%)

110 (41.7)

84 (48.5)

78 (49.1)

103 (46.2)

4 (22.2)

29 (46.0)

408 (45.3)

DCC attendance, n (%)

149 (56.7)

110 (64.7)

113 (71.1)

177 (79.4 %)

14 (87.5)

45 (73.8)

608 (67.6)

Antimicrobial use, n (%)

98 (39.2)

74 (43.3)

59 (37.3)

112 (50.2)

1 (12.5)

17 (28.8)

361 (40.1)

  1. aED–Emergency Department of Children’s Hospital, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos. b Positive nasopharyngeal samples for Streptococcus pneumoniae