22 March 2022: Clinical Research
Causes of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections and the Use of Diagnostic Biomarkers in Blood Samples from Children in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, Between July 2019 and June 2020
Yanzi Gan 1ABCDEFG , YuWei Hu 1BC , Hairong Dong 1CD , Lina Wu 1DE , Yan Niu 12AEF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934889
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934889
Table 3 Pathogen etiologies for all patients from July 2019 to June 2020.
| Single pathogen infection | Number | Percentage (%) | Multiple pathogen infection | Number | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virus | 64 | 24.20% | Mixed infection | 145 | 54.72% |
| DNA virus | 26 | 9.81% | & other | 84 | 31.70% |
| Adenovirus | 8 | 3.02% | & other | 72 | 27.17% |
| Cytomegalovirus | 7 | 2.64% | Respiratory syncytial virus & other | 58 | 21.89% |
| Epstein-Barr virus | 6 | 2.26% | Adenovirus & other | 29 | 10.94% |
| Adenovirus (AV3.4.7.21) | 4 | 1.51% | & other | 27 | 10.19% |
| Adenovirus (1.2.5.6) | 1 | 0.38% | Epstein-Barr virus & other | 26 | 9.81% |
| RNA virus | 38 | 14.34% | Cytomegalovirus & other | 13 | 4.91% |
| Respiratory syncytial virus type B | 14 | 5.28% | Parainfluenza virus & other | 11 | 4.15% |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 8 | 3.02% | |||
| Parainfluenza virus type I | 4 | 1.51% | |||
| Parainfluenza virus type IV | 3 | 1.13% | |||
| Influenza B virus | 3 | 1.13% | & respiratory syncytial virus | 21 | 7.90% |
| Metapneumovirus | 1 | 0.38% | & adenovirus | 11 | 4.20% |
| Influenza A (H1N1) virus | 1 | 0.38% | & | 16 | 6.00% |
| Influenza virus A | 1 | 0.38% | & Epstein-Barr virus | 6 | 2.26% |
| Influenza virus B | 1 | 0.38% | & Epstein-Barr virus | 6 | 2.26% |
| Respiratory Syncytial Virus Type A | 1 | 0.38% | & | 5 | 1.89% |
| Parainfluenza Virus Type II | 1 | 0.38% | & parainfluenza virus | 4 | 1.51% |
| Bacterial | 42 | 15.85% | & Epstein-Barr virus | 4 | 1.51% |
| 21 | 7.92% | & | 4 | 1.51% | |
| 11 | 4.15% | Adenovirus & | 4 | 1.51% | |
| 9 | 3.40% | Epstein-Barr Virus & adenovirus | 3 | 1.13% | |
| 1 | 0.38% | ||||
| 14 | 5.28% |