Multiplex Tests for Respiratory Tract Infections: The Direct Utility of the FilmArray Respiratory Panel in Emergency Department

Table 1

General characteristics of enrolled patients.

	Pathogen detected	Nonpathogen detected
Male gender	53.1% (104/196)	55.4% (41/74)
No. (%) of patients of age
≤16 years	93 (47.4)	21 (28.4)
16–49 years	73 (37.2)	38 (51.4)
≥50 years	30 (15.4)	15 (20.4)
No. (%) of patients of prescription during the last 2 weeks
Antibiotic used	10 (5.1)	6 (8.1)
Anti-influenza used	6 (3.1)	7 (10.8)
No. (%) of patients of fever	119 (60.7)	60 (81.1)
No. (%) of patients of coughing	121 (61.7)	62 (83.8)
Duration of symptoms (days)^a	2.3 (1–2)	3.4 (2–3)
Complicated with pneumonia (%)	40 (20.4)	24 (32.4)
White cell count (×109/L)^a	8.5 (4.52–9.40)	9.28 (4.05–11.86)
C-reactive protein (mg/L)^a	16.70 (2.40–19.30)	28.86 (7.40–34.83)
Lymphocytes (×109/L)^a	4.64 (1.26–5.73)	3.03 (0.91–1.75)

^aMedian (IQR). Duration of symptoms: the time from patients had symptoms to visit the emergency department.