Fig. 3

Pneumococcal colonization and density does not change after RSV infection. Pneumococcal colonization rate, density and shifts were compared between the acute and the recovery group. Differences in bacterial colonization rates were compared using a Fisher’s exact test of all patients that had an acute and recovery sample taken (a). Differences in bacterial density between de pneumococcal positive samples were compared using a Mann–Whitney U test. Data shown are median ± IQR (b). Shifts in pneumococcal density between all acute and recovery samples are shown (c)