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Table 3 Risk factors for MPP with adenovirus coinfection

From: Impact of viral coinfection and macrolide-resistant mycoplasma infection in children with refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Characteristics

With adenovirus coinfection (n = 24)

Without adenovirus coinfection (n = 83)

P value

Age (y)

3.362 ± 2.590

4.531 ± 3.440

0.078

Gender (male/female)

13/11

42/41

0.819

Clinical presentation

 Wheezing, No. (%)

10(41.67)

10(12.05)

0.002

 Hypoxemia, No. (%)

6(25.00)

10(12.05)

0.189

 Extrapulmonary complications, No. (%)

9(37.50)

10(12.05)

0.012

 Duration of fever (d)

12.083 ± 9.343

6.422 ± 3.357

0.007

 Duration of wheezing (d)

0.00(0.00,8.00)

0.00(0.00,5.00)

0.570

 Fever longer than 7 days, No. (%)

20(83.33)

36(43.37)

0.001

Imaging features

 Consolidation, No. (%)

19(79.17)

40(48.19)

0.010

 Interstitial changes, No. (%)

5(20.83)

37(44.58)

0.056

Laboratory tests

 White blood cell count (*109/L)

9.003 ± 3.487

8.966 ± 3.496

0.964

 Lymphocyte percentage (%)

36.488 ± 14.274

34.153 ± 15.106

0.491

 C-reactive protein (mg/l)

10.00(4.00,25.00)

12.00(7.25,25.00)

0.997

 A2063G mutation, No. (%)

9(37.50)

51(61.45)

0.060

Treatment

 No fever within 48 h after application of macrolides, No. (%)

5(20.83)

26(31.33)

0.445

 Application of glucocorticoids, No. (%)

17(70.83)

51(61.45)

0.476

 Mechanical ventilation, No. (%)

1(4.17)

6(7.23)

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  1. Data are No. (%) of patients, mean ± standard deviation (SD) or median (interquartile range)