Research Article
Coinfections with Respiratory Pathogens among COVID-19 Patients in Korea
Table 1
Study subjects (N = 342) with COVID-19 coinfected with respiratory pathogens.
| | Patients coinfected with respiratory pathogens | No. of patients coinfected (%) | M : F | Mean age (SEM) | Region of residency (no. of patients) | Classification of the coinfections by types of specimen (N = 25) | | No. (%) of SARS-CoV-2 positive in | | NPS/OPS | Sputum | Both |
| | Virus (N = 27, 7.9%) | Flu A | 3 (0.9) | 1 : 2 | 30.3 (14.7) | KP (3) | 2 | — | 1 | | RSV | 6 (1.8) | 1 : 5 | 37.5 (8.3) | KP (6) | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Adv | 2 (0.6) | 2 : 0 | 29.0 (8.0) | KP (1), | — | 1 | 1 | | KG (1) | | MPV | 3 (0.9) | 1 : 2 | 40.3 (8.0) | KP (3) | — | — | 3 | | HRV | 6 (1.8) | 2 : 4 | 37.2 (6.4) | KP (4), | 3 | — | 3 | | Seoul (1) | | KG (1) | | Non-SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus | 5 (1.5) | 3 : 2 | 39.8 (6.9) | KP (5) | — | 1 | 4 | | MPV/Adv | 1 (0.3) | 0 : 1 | 53 | KP (1) | 1 | — | — | | HRV/HBoV | 1 (0.3) | 0 : 1 | 25 | KP (1) | — | — | 1 |
| | Bacteria (N = 3, 0.9%) | M. pneumoniae | 3 (0.9) | 2 : 1 | 32.0 (6.0) | KP (3) | — | — | 3 | | Total (N = 30, 8.8%) | | 30 | 12 : 18 | 36.4 (2.9) | | 8 (26.7) | 4 (13.3) | 18 (60.0) |
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COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; Flu A: influenza A; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus; Adv: adenovirus; MPV: metapneumovirus; HRV: rhinovirus; Non-SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus: coronaviruses 229E, NL63, and OC43; M. pneumoniae: Mycoplasma pneumoniae; KP: Kyungpook Province; KG: Kyunggi Province; SEM: standard error of mean. NPS/OPS specimens were submitted only without sputum. |
