Etiology and Clinical Characteristics of Single and Multiple Respiratory Virus Infections Diagnosed in Croatian Children in Two Respiratory Seasons

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with laboratory confirmed viral respiratory infection in 2010 () and 2015 ().

	2010	2015	value
	(%)	(%)
Gender
Male	31 (57.4)	35 (63.6)	0.5577
Female	23 (42.6)	20 (36.4)
Age (years)
<1	19 (35.2)	22 (40.0)	0.3698
1–3	26 (48.1)	20 (36.4)
≥4	9 (16.7)	13 (23.6)
Underlying disease
Yes	16 (29.6)	24 (43.6)	0.1128
No	38 (70.4)	31 (56.4)
Hospitalization
Yes	41 (75.9)	45 (81.8)	0.4818
No	13 (24.1)	10 (18.2)
Number of pathogens detected
Single	27 (50.0)	38 (69.1)	0.0516
Multiple	27 (50.0)	17 (30.9)
Localization
URTI	20 (37.0)	22 (40.0)	0.5955
LRTI	10 (18.6)	14 (25.4)
URTI + LRTI	24 (44.4)	19 (34.6)
Severity of disease
Mild/moderate	50 (92.6)	49 (89.1)	0.5071
Severe/ARDS	4 (7.4)	6 (10.9)