Included patients (n = 50) | Excluded patients (n = 61) | p | |
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Female sex, n (%) | 26 (52) | 28 (45.9) | 0.327 |
Age | 4.5 years (1.9 months to 13.6 years) | 2.5 years (23 days to 12.9 years) | 0.74 |
Maximum temperature, °C | 39.5 (38–40.7) | 39 (37–41.2) | 0.41 |
Duration of fever, days | 3 (0.2 to 7) | 3 (0–21) | 0.838 |
Respiratory distress, n (%) | 26 (52) | 42 (68.8) | 0.053 |
Percutaneous oxygen saturation < 95%, n (%) | 16 (32) | 25 (40.9) | 0.159 |
Chest radiograph | |||
- Unilobar infiltrate, n (%) | 36 (72) | 39 (63.9) | 0.512 |
- Multilobar infiltrate, n (%) | 10 (20) | 13 (21.3) | |
- Interstitial infiltrate, n (%) | 4 (8) | 9 (14.7) |