Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Dispatch
Febrile Respiratory Illness Associated with Human Adenovirus Type 55 in South Korea Military, 2014–20161
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of patients with or without identification of HAdV from respiratory specimens PCR, South Korea, 2014–2016*
Clinical characteristic | Patients with HAdV, n = 447 | Patients with other virus or PCR negative for HAdV, n = 431 | OR (95% CI) | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Presenting symptoms | ||||
Cough† | 423 (94.6) | 395 (91.9) | 1.56 (0.91–2.67) | 0.102 |
Rhinorrhea‡ | 229 (51.3) | 192 (44.7) | 1.31 (1.00–1.71) | 0.047 |
Sore throat§ | 286 (64.3) | 207 (48.1) | 1.94 (1.48–2.54) | <0.001 |
Dyspnea¶ | 60 (13.5) | 41 (9.5) | 1.48 (0.97–2.25) | 0.070 |
Diarrhea# | 125 (33.8) | 60 (17.2) | 2.46 (1.73–3.49) | <0.001 |
Nausea/vomiting** |
115 (31.0) |
58 (16.6) |
2.25 (1.58–3.22) |
<0.001 |
Pneumonia |
231 (51.7) |
250 (58.0) |
0.77 (0.59–1.01) |
0.060 |
Hospitalization | 277 (62.0) | 270 (62.6) | 0.97 (0.74–1.28) | 0.836 |
Intensive care | 70 (25.3) | 30 (11.1) | 2.71 (1.70–4.31) | <0.001 |
Mechanical respiratory support | 25 (9.0) | 5 (1.9) | 5.26 (1.98–13.95) | <0.001 |
Intubation | 8 (2.9) | 0 | NA | 0.005 |
Death | 1 (0.4) | 0 | NA | 0.323 |
Length of stay, d, mean (SD) | 12.6 (9.7) | 9.4 (5.0) | NA | <0.001 |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. HAdV, human adenovirus; NA, not available; OR, odds ratio.†n = 877.
‡n = 876.
§n = 875.
¶n = 876.
#n = 719.
**n = 720.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the Annual Spring Meeting of the Korean Society for Chemotherapy, April 21–22, Seoul, South Korea.
2These authors contributed equally to this article.