Research Article

Molecular Diagnosis of Pneumonia Using Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay RespiFinder® SMART 22 FAST in a Group of Moroccan Infants

Table 4

Biological results of hospitalized patients (December 1, 2016, to May 31, 2018).

n%

Anemia (N = 70)1927

Leucocytes (N = 70)
 Leukocytosis57
 Leukopenia2333

Platelets (N = 70)
 Thrombocytosis1521
 Thrombocytopenia1014

C-reactive protein (CRP)
 High CRP (>20 mg/dL)4249

Positive viral detection (N = 86)7183
 RSV-A2731
 RSV-B1922
 RV2023
 Cor229E1012
 hMPV56
 IV A33
 IV H1N111
 ADV22
 PIV 422

Positive bacterial detection (N = 86)
M. pneumoniae56

Single viral detection (N = 71)4868

Single bacterial detection (N = 71)11

Coinfection (N = 71)2227
 RSV-A-RV34
 RSV-A-Cor 229E11
 RSV-A-hMPV11
 RSV-A-IV A11
 RSV-A-hMPV-M. pneumoniae11
 RSV-B-RV46
 RSV-B-Cor 229E57
 RV-Cor 229E11
 RV-hMPV11
 RV-M. pneumoniae23
 hMPV-ADV11
 IV A-M. pneumoniae11

RSV: respiratory syncytial virus, RV: rhinovirus, Cor 229E: coronaviruses 229E, hMPV: human metapneumovirus, IVA:influenza  A, IV H1N1 : influenza H1N1, ADV: adenovirus, PIV 4: parainfluenza viruse type 4, M. pneumoniae: Mycoplasma pneumoniae.