Table 2 Co-infection in children with and without PCP
From: Pneumocystis pneumonia in South African children diagnosed by molecular methods
Variable | PCP positive | PCP negative | p |
|---|---|---|---|
|  | n = 109 | n =93 |  |
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) blood PCR positive | 81 (74.3) | 43 (46.2) | <0.0001 |
CMV pneumonia | 34 (31.2) | 11 (11.8) | 0.001 |
M. tuberculosis culture positive | 1 (0.9) | 4 (4.3) | 0.3 |
Viruses other than CMV | 29 (26.6) | 41 (44) | 0.009 |
Bacteraemia | 7 (6.4) | 13 (14.0) | 0.12 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 1 | 1 | Â |
Escherichia coli | 1 | 1 | Â |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 | 1 | Â |
Enterococcus faecalis | 1 | 1 | Â |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 0 | 1 | Â |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 3 | Â |
Non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. | 0 | 1 | Â |