Comparison of the frequency of bacterial and viral infections among children with community-acquired pneumonia hospitalized across distinct severity categories: a prospective cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of children with non-severe, severe or very severe community-acquired pneumonia

Characteristics	Severity by the World Health Organization 2000 criteria
Characteristics	Non-severe (n = 53)	Severe (n = 111)	Very severe (n = 17)
Age (months)^{a, b}	23 (13–35)	16 (9–26)	18 (13–26)
Length of disease (days)^{a, c}	7 (5–13)	7 (4–11)	8 (4–11)
Tachypnoea^d	53 (100.0)	97 (87.4)	15 (88.2)
Chest indrawing^d	0	109 (98.2)	7 (41.2)
Supraclavicular recession^d	0	4 (3.6)	0
Inability to drink^d	0	0	17 (100.0)

^aMedian (interquartile range)
^bChildren with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia versus those with severe (p = 0.03) or versus those with severe and very severe CAP (p = 0.04)
^cNo significant difference was found
^dResults in n (%)

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