Table 2 Respiratory microbes detected from children presenting with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis^a

Number of participants

214 (100)

34 (16)

86 (40)

94 (44)

 M. catarrhalis

137 (64)

24 (71)

56 (65)

57 (60)

0.64

1.00

 S. pneumoniae

90 (42)

18 (53)

38 (44)

34 (36)

0.22

1.00

 H. influenzae spp

62 (29)

8 (24)

25 (29)

29 (31)

0.44

1.00

 S. aureus

47 (22)

7 (21)

18 (21)

22 (23)

0.79

1.00

 H. influenzae B

31 (15)

5 (15)

15 (17)

11 (12)

0.97

1.00

 M. pneumoniae

19 (9)

2 (6)

9 (10)

8 (9)

0.84

1.00

 B. pertussis

12 (6)

3 (9)

6 (7)

3 (3)

0.43

1.00

 C. pneumoniae

9 (4)

4 (12)

4 (5)

1 (1)

0.03

0.42

 Metapneumovirus A/B

41 (19)

7 (21)

21 (24)

13 (14)

0.60

1.00

 Rhinovirus

31 (15)

6 (18)

13 (15)

12 (13)

0.77

1.00

 Enterovirus

22 (10)

1 (3)

10 (12)

11 (12)

0.21

1.00

 Adenovirus

14 (7)

3 (9)

5 (6)

6 (6)

0.99

1.00

 Cytomegalovirus

14 (7)

3 (9)

3 (3)

8 (9)

1.00

1.00

 Bocavirus

14 (7)

8 (24)

1 (1)

5 (5)

1.00

1.00

 Coronavirus

17 (8)

5 (15)

8 (9)

4 (4)

0.13

0.94

  Coronavirus O43

12 (6)

5 (15)

5 (6)

2 (2)

0.02

0.42

  Coronavirus HKU

2 (1)

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1.00

1.00

  Coronavirus NL63

2 (1)

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1.00

1.00

  Coronavirus 229E

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

1 (1)

0 (0)

na^d

na^d

 RSV A/B^b

7 (3)

1 (3)

3 (3)

3 (3)

1.00

1.00

 Influenza virus

33 (15)

8 (24)

15 (17)

10 (11)

0.17

0.94

  Influenza A

7 (3)

1 (3)

4 (5)

2 (2)

1.00

1.00

  Influenza B

7 (3)

1 (3)

2 (2)

4 (4)

1.00

1.00

  Influenza C

19 (9)

6 (18)

9 (10)

4 (4)

0.04

0.43

 Parainfluenza virus

10 (5)

1 (3)

4 (5)

5 (5)

0.88

1.00

  Parainfluenza 1

5 (2)

1 (3)

2 (2)

2 (2)

1.00

1.00

  Parainfluenza 2

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1)

1.00

1.00

  Parainfluenza 3

2 (1)

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1.00

1.00

  Parainfluenza 4

2 (1)

0 (0)

1 (1)

1 (1)

1.00

1.00

 Both Bacteria & Viruses

124 (58)

24 (73)

48 (56)

52 (55)

-

0.11

 P. jirovecii

23 (11)

3 (9)

10 (12)

10 (11)

0.94

1.00