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Table 2 Viral and bacterial infection status among pneumonia patients by age group

From: The impact of virus infections on pneumonia mortality is complex in adults: a prospective multicentre observational study

 

Total

15–64 y

65–74 y

75–84 y

85 y+

P value*

Viruses

N = 2617

N = 580

N = 447

N = 848

N = 742

 

HRV

256 (9.8)

70 (12.1)

42 (9.4)

69 (8.1)

75 (10.1)

0.185

Inf A

101 (3.9)

22 (3.8)

13 (2.9)

32 (3.8)

34 (4.6)

0.343

RSV

101 (3.9)

12 (2.1)

20 (4.5)

32 (3.8)

37 (5.0)

0.016

PIV 3

49 (1.9)

14 (2.4)

7 (1.6)

17 (2.0)

11 (1.5)

0.311

HMPV

45 (1.7)

4 (0.7)

13 (2.9)

14 (1.7)

14 (1.9)

0.286

PIV 1

26 (2.0)

5 (0.9)

3 (0.7)

10 (1.2)

8 (1.1)

0.523

Inf B

24 (0.9)

6 (1.0)

4 (0.9)

3 (0.4)

11 (1.5)

0.588

PIV 2

14 (0.5)

4 (0.7)

3 (0.7)

3 (0.4)

4 (0.5)

0.567

HCoV (229E/OC43)

13 (0.5)

6 (1.0)

3 (0.7)

2 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

0.029

HAdV

6 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

4 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0.708

HBoV

2 (0.1)

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

0.394

PIV 4

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

NA

Any viruses

605 (23.1)

137 (23.6)

102 (22.8)

180 (21.2)

186 (25.1)

0.677

≥2 viruses

31 (1.2)

8 (1.4)

7 (1.6)

6 (0.7)

10 (1.3)

0.654

Any bacterial pathogens

992 (37.9)

265 (45.7)

194 (43.4)

288 (34.0)

245 (33.0)

<0.001

Viral-bacterial co-infection

246 (9.4)

66 (11.4)

46 (10.3)

69 (8.1)

65 (8.8)

0.056

Any viral and bacterial pathogens

1351 (51.6)

336 (57.9)

250 (55.9)

399 (47.1)

366 (49.3)

<0.001

  1. HRV human rhinovirus, InfA influenza A virus, RSV respiratory syncytial virus, PIV1–4 human parainfluenza virus type 1–4, HMPV human metapneumovirus, InfB influenza B virus, HCoV human coronavirus (229E/OC43), HAdV human adenovirus, HBoV human bocavirus
  2. *Chi-square tests for trend were performed