Assessment of the Usefulness of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Tests in the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Process of Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children: A Single-Center Experience

Table 1

Characteristics of study subjects.

Number of patients	97
Mean age (months)	56.3
Male/female ratio	52/45
ICU admission	53 (54%)
Airways obturation	44 (44%)
Coexisting diseases	90 (92.78%)
Heart diseases	21 (20%)
CHD	17
HF	2
HA	1
Neurologic diseases	13 (13%)
Cerebral palsy	7
Epilepsy	4
Myopathy	2
Neoplastic diseases	9 (9%)
ALL	6
Solid tumor	3
Pulmonary diseases	12 (12%)
Asthma	8
CF	4
Immunosuppression	11 (11%)
Malnutrition	41 (42%)
FTD 33 and microbiology results
FTD 33+/microbiology−	63 (65%)
FTD 33+/microbiology+	11 (11%)
FTD 33−/microbiology+	6 (6%)
FTD 33−/microbiology−	17 (18%)

ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, CF: cystic fibrosis, CHD: congenital heart defect, FTD 33−: FTD respiratory pathogens 33 test negative results, FTD 33+: FTD respiratory pathogens 33 test positive results, HA: hypertension, HF heart failure, ICU: Intensive Care Unit, microbiology: microbiological cultures negative results, and microbiology+: microbiological cultures positive results.