Mixed Viral Infections Circulating in Hospitalized Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Kuwait

Table 3

Distribution of patients with undetected, single, and mixed detection in relation to age, gender, and hospital admission.

	Undetected	Single detection	Mixed detection
	Patient number 499 (%)	Patient number 302 (%)	Patient number 49 (%)
Age (yrs)
<1	90 (18)	148 (42.2)	20 (5.7)
1–14	144 (29)	66 (18.8)	17 (4.8)
≥15	265 (53.1)	88 (25.1)	12 (3.4)
Gender
Male	276 (55.3)	177 (50.4)	33 (9.4)
Female	223 (44.7)	125 (35.6)	16 (4.6)
Hospital Unit
ICU	184 (36.9)	36 (10.3)	6 (1.7)
PICU	175 (35.1)	91 (30)	11 (3.1)
Ward	139 (27.9)	175 (50)	32 (9.1)

Number in parentheses represents the number of undetected viral infections in relation to the total number of patients () in percent.
Number in parentheses represents the number of detected viral infections in relation to the total number of patients () in percent.
ICU: Intensive care unit.
PICU: Pediatric intensive care unit.