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Table 6 Comparisons of Nosocomial Infection Cases in the Research Group and Their Matched Controls

From: Human adenovirus Coinfection aggravates the severity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Characteristics

Control group (n = 27)

Research group (n = 9)

P value

Hospital stay (day), median

7 (3–13)

19 (9–33)

0.002

Fever days before admission, median

7 (2–40)

7 (5–12)

Fever duration (day), median

8 (2–31)

19 (12–28)

0.001

Max temperature (°C), mean

39.32 ± 0.67

39.18 ± 0.62

0.571

Cyanosis, n (%)

0

0

Dyspnea, n (%)

1 (3.7%)

3 (33.3%)

0.041

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy

20 (74.1%)

7 (77.8%)

0.602

Oxygen therapy

16 (59.3%)

9 (100%)

0.022

NCPAP

0

3 (33.3%)

0.012

Readmission

3 (11.1%)

1 (11.1%)

0.745

Severe CAP

23 (85.2%)

9 (100%)

0.298

Extremely severe pneumonia

0%

3 (33.3%)

0.012

Severe disease defined by clinical score system

5 (18.5%)

5 (55.6%)

0.046