05 October 2023 : Clinical Research
Clinical Presentation and Co-Detection of Respiratory Pathogens in Children Under 5 Years with Non-COVID-19 Bacterial and Viral Respiratory Tract Infections: A Prospective Study in Białystok, Poland (2021-2022)
Katarzyna Zdanowicz
1CEF, Dawid Lewandowski2B, Piotr Majewski 3B, Kinga Półkośnik 1B, Nikolina Liwoch-Nienartowicz 2B, Joanna Reszeć-Giełażyn 4AB, Dariusz Marek Lebensztejn 1A, Artur Sulik 2ACDF, Kacper Toczyłowski 2ACDEFG*
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941785
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941785
Table 1 Demographic data of children under age 5 with acute respiratory tract infections.
| Age in months (median, range) | 24 (1–60) |
| Age groups | |
| Infants (<12 months) (n, %) | 24 (24%) |
| Toddlers (13–36 months) (n, %) | 45 (45%) |
| Pre-schools (37–60 months) (n, %) | 31 (31%) |
| Males (n, %) | 54 (54%) |
| Hospitalized (n, %) | 56 (56%) |
| Attending day-care (n, %) | 57 (57%) |
| Number of hours per week spent in day-care | |
| <20 hours (n, %) | 8 (14%) |
| 20–40 hours (n, %) | 32 (56%) |
| >40 hours (n, %) | 17 (30%) |
| Number of other household members attending the day-care | |
| 0 (n, %) | 43 (43%) |
| 1 (n, %) | 46 (46%) |
| 2 (n, %) | 11 (11%) |
| Tobacco smoke exposure (n,%) | 22 (22%) |
| n – number of patients. | |