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Table 4 Co-colonization of bacterial species in SARS-CoV-2 infected and uninfected children

From: Bacterial colonization of the upper airways of children positive and negative for SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

SARS-CoV-2 negative

(N = 212)

n (%)

SARS-CoV-2 positive

(N = 228)

n (%)

Odd ratio

(95% CI)

No colonization

70 (33.0)

70 (30.7)

0.9 (0.6 to 1.3)

Single bacterial species

90 (42.5)

108 (47.4)

 

 S. aureus

3 (3.3)

12 (11.1)

3.8 (1.1 to 13.9)*

 S. pneumoniae

4 (4.4)

7 (6.5)

1.6 (0.5 to 5.7)

 K. pneumoniae

2 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

NA

 H. influenzae

81 (90.0)

89 (82.4)

1.0 (0.7 to 1.5)

Two bacterial species

50 (23.6)

46 (20.2)

 

 S. aureus and S. pneumoniae

0 (0.0)

2 (4.3)

NA

 S. aureus and H. influenzae

10 (20.0)

20 (43.5)

1.9 (0.9 to 4.3)

 S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae

37 (74.0)

22 (47.8)

0.5 (0.3 to 0.9)*

 K. pneumoniae and H. influenzae

3 (6.0)

2 (4.3)

0.6 (0.1 to 3.7)

Three bacterial species

2 (0.9)

4 (1.8)

 

 S. aureus and S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae

2 (100.0)

3 (75.0)

1.4 (0.2 to 8.5)

 S. aureus and K. pneumoniae and H. influenzae

0 (0.0)

1 (25.0)

NA

  1. NA  not applicable, CI  confidence interval
  2. *Variables analysed using Pearson’s chi-square test, p < 0.05