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Table 3 Pathogens of co-infection in children with bronchiolitis requiring invasive ventilation

From: Bacterial co-infection of the respiratory tract in ventilated children with bronchiolitis; a retrospective cohort study

 

Co-infection (N = 85)

Early co-infection (N = 69)

Late co-infection (N = 16)

p-value

Haemophilus influenza

34 (40.0%)

29 (42.0%)

5 (31.3%)

0,533

Streptococcus pneumoniae

23 (27.1%)

19 (27.5%)

4 (25.0%)

0,637

Moraxella catarrhalis

19 (22.4%)

17 (24.6%)

2 (12.5%)

0,286

Staphylococcus aureus

6 (7.1%)

4 (5.8%)

2 (12.5%)

0,280

Enterobacteriaceae a

3 (3.5%)

3 (18.8%)

0,004

  1. Co-infection: Tracheal culture: > 10^5 CFU/ml or BAL: > 10^4 CFU/ml; Early refers to samples collected < 48 h from intubation. aEnterobacteriaceae: E. coli and Enterobacter cloacae