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 Lewandowski 2B , 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 ( | 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 | |
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. |