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Table 5 Patient characteristics in relation to respiratory virus detection

From: Impact of microbial Aetiology on mortality in severe community-acquired pneumonia

Characteristics

Viruses detected (n = 50)

Viruses not detected (n = 67)

p-value

Demographics

 Age, years

64.3 ± 14.9

61.3 ± 17.0

0.33

 Male

28 (56.0)

45 (67.2)

0.22

Comorbid illness

 Diabetes Mellitus

18 (36.0)

18 (26.9)

0.32

 Hypertension

32 (64.0)

35 (52.2)

0.20

 Cardiac disease

13 (25.0)

13 (19.4)

0.40

 Chronic lung disease

11 (22.0)

12 (17.9)

0.58

 Cerebrovascular disease

5 (10.0)

9 (13.4)

0.57

Symptoms

 Fever

31 (62.0)

40 (59.7)

0.80

 Cough

43 (86.0)

54 (80.1)

0.44

 Purulent Sputum

30 (60.0)

33 (49.3)

0.25

 Dypsnea

35 (70.0)

47 (70.1)

0.99

Radiological features

 Multilobar lung infiltrates

36 (72.0)

46 (68.7)

0.70

 Pleural effusion

5 (10.0)

10 (14.9)

0.43

Laboratory Indices

 Serum C- Reactive Proteina (mg/L)

127.8 ± 105.0

178.1 ± 117.6

0.021

 Serum Procalcitoninb (ug/L)

16.0 ± 30.4

22.5 ± 37.4

0.32

Severity indicators

 APACHE II

22.3 ± 9.6

21.9 ± 9.3

0.82

 Shock

30 (60.0)

39 (58.2)

0.85

 Altered mentation

11 (22.0)

11 (16.4)

0.45

Ventilatory support

 -Invasive

47 (94.0)

61 (91.0)

0.84

 -Non-invasive

1 (2.0)

3 (4.5)

 

 -Supplemental oxygen

2 (4.0)

4 (6.0)

 
  1. Data are presented as number (%), mean ± standard deviation
  2. APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation
  3. aData was missing for 3 patients. bData was missing for 1 patient