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Table 4 Diagnostic and medical care needed for treating 10 children who developed lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) after immunoprophylaxis with palivizumab in the Belém, Brazil from January to June 2016

From: Incidence of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children with congenital heart disease undergoing immunoprophylaxis with palivizumab in Pará state, north region of Brazil

LRTI information

n

%

Pneumonia

5

50

Metapneumovirus infection

2

20

Bronchiolitis

1

10

Bronchiolitis and pneumonia

1

10

ICU admission

5

50

Oxygen therapy use

4

40

Mechanical ventilation use

3

30