Rapid detection of respiratory organisms with the FilmArray respiratory panel in a large children’s hospital in China

Table 1 General characteristics of the patients

Characteristic	Value for patients
Total	775
Age, No. (%)
< 1 year	338 (43.6)
1–2 years	185 (23.9)
3–5 years	146 (18.9)
6–15 years	106 (13.7)
Sex, No. (%)
Male	430 (55.5)
Female	345 (44.5)
Clinical diagnosis, No. (%)
URI	50 (6.5)
LRI	725 (93.5)
Underlying diseases, No. (%)
None	538 (69.4)
CHD	148 (19.1)
Congenital biliary atresia	25 (3.2)
Malignancy	19 (2.5)
Congenital immunodeficiency	6 (0.8)
Other diseases	39 (5.0)
Prognosis after treat, No. (%)
Alive	731 (94.3)
Death^b	12 (1.5)
Unknown^c	32 (4.1)

^aAbbreviations: URI Upper respiratory tract infection; LRI Lower respiratory tract infection; CHD Congenital heart disease
^bMost of the children died from underlying diseases, including malignancy, congenital heart disease, Niemann-Pick Disease, etc.
^cIncluding the patients who transfer to other hospitals for treatment or abandon treatment. Upon follow-up by phone, 7 patients showed clinical improvement after transfer to other hospitals, 11 patients died after giving up treatment and discharged from our hospital, and 14 patients cannot be contacted and their prognosis were finally unknown

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