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Table 4 Comparison of radiologic findings according to the presence of respiratory virus co-infection

From: Clinical significance of respiratory virus coinfection in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Variables, n (%)

Respiratory virus non-coinfection group

Respiratory virus coinfection group

P value

Severity of pneumonia at admission based on chest radiograph findings

  

0.225

 Mild

11 (13.4)

4 (6.3)

 

 Moderate

55 (67.1)

41 (65.1)

 

 Severe

16 (19.5)

18 (28.6)

 

Chest radiography findings at admission

  

0.480

 Lobar consolidation

21 (25.6)

14 (22.2)

 

 Patchy consolidation

39 (47.6)

24 (38.1)

 

 Peribronchial infiltration

17 (20.7)

19 (30.2)

 

 Diffuse nodular opacity

2 (2.4)

1 (1.6)

 

 Diffuse infiltration

3 (3.7)

5 (7.9)

 

Pleural effusion

11/82 (13.4)

12/63 (19.0)

0.357

Development of PTE

1/82 (1.2)

3/63 (4.8)

0.197

Development of PIBO

4/82 (4.9)

12/63 (19.0)

0.007

  1. Bold values denote statistical significance
  2. PIBO post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans, PTE pulmonary thromboembolism