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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) or community-acquired pneumonia with parapneumonic empyema (CAP + PPE)

From: Viral and bacterial pathogens identification in children hospitalised for severe pneumonia and parapneumonic empyema

 

CAP

CAP + PPE

p value

Characterisics

n a

%

n

%

 

Overall

24

46

28

54

 

Gender

     

Male

18

75

12

43

0.025

Age

     

3–23 months

6

25

6

21

1

24–59 months

12

50

10

36

0.4

5–14 years

6

25

12

43

0.24

Vaccinated with

     

PCV-7b

8

33

15

54

0.17

Hib

1

88

24

86

1

Therapy before admission

     

NSAIDc

16

67

22

79

0.4

Antibiotic

7

29

15

54

0.09

Median duration of hospitalisation (days)

3

 

15

 

< 0.01

Number of patients treated by oxygen therapy

4

17

22

79

< 0.001

Median duration of symptoms before admission (days)

3

 

7

 

0.0065

  1. an = total number.
  2. bPCV-7 = heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
  3. cNSAID = Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug