Table 3 Relationship between nasopharyngeal microbiology and duration of symptoms in Central Australian Aboriginal children hospitalised with pneumonia
Nasopharyngeal microbiology | Fever | Tachypnoea | Chest in-drawing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median no. hours (IQR) | p-value | Median no. hours (IQR) | p-value | Median no. days (95% CI) | p-value | |
Streptococcus pneumoniae positive | ||||||
Yes | 11 (5–15) | 0.923 | 9 (0–19) | 0.431 | 1.76 (1.28–2.23) | 0.974 |
No | 9.5 (6.5–24.5) | 10 (0–25) | 1.75 (1.20–2.30) | |||
Haemophilus influenzae positive | ||||||
Yes | 11 (5–24) | 0.71 | 8.5 (0–24) | 0.661 | 1.70 (1.29–2.13) | 0.641 |
No | 12 (8–24) | 10 (10–17) | 1.89 (1.18–2.60) | |||
Moraxella catarrhalis positive | ||||||
Yes | 11 (5–24) | 0.763 | 10 (0–24) | 0.788 | 1.79 (1.27–2.31) | 0.829 |
No | 11 (5–27) | 10 (0–17) | 1.71 (1.24–2.19) | |||
Group A virus present | ||||||
Yes | 10 (7–25) | 0.966 | 0 (0–24) | 0.739 | 2.00 (0.48–3.52) | 0.552 |
No | 11 (5–24) | 10 (0–21) | 1.71 (1.35–2.08) | |||
Group B virus present | ||||||
Yes | 9 (7–12) | 0.219 | 8 (0–10) | 0.128 | 1.64 (1.02–2.26) | 0.619 |
No | 11.5 (5–25) | 11.5 (0–24) | 1.82 (1.37–2.26) | |||
Virus and bacteria positive | ||||||
Yes | 8 (11–15) | 0.866 | 8 (0–12) | 0.497 | 1.67 (1.10–2.23) | 0.691 |
No | 11 (5–24.5) | 10.5 (0–24) | 1.80 (1.34–2.28) | |||