Table 4 Age-stratified bacterial detection in children with confirmed RSV infection and positive bacterial cultures [n (%)]

G-bacteria

55 (10.13)

18(9.57)

21(6.70)

2(6.06)

2.63

0.452

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

2(0.37)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

1.92

0.59

 Escherichia coli

12(2.21)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

11.62

0.01

 Acinetobacter baumannii

1(0.18)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0.96

0.81

 Moraxella catarrhalis

16(2.95)

13(6.91)

12(4.01)

1(3.03)

5.87

0.12

 Haemophilus influenzae

18(3.31)

5(2.66)

8(2.68)

1(3.03)

0.37

0.95

 Enterobacter aerogenes

1(0.18)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0.96

0.81

 Burkholderia cepacia

1(0.18)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0.96

0.81

 Enterobacter cloacae

2(0.37)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

1.91

0.59

 Serratia marcescens

1(0.18)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0.96

0.81

 Pseudomonas aetuginosa

1(0.18)

0(0.0)

1(0.33)

0(0.0)

0.76

0.86

G + bacteria

62(11.42)

11(5.85)

43(14.38)

2(6.06)

10.01

0.02

 Staphylococcus aureus

29(5.34)

2(1.06)

2(0.67)

1(3.03)

17.00

< 0.001

 Streptococcus pneumoniae

32(5.89)

9(4.79)

41(13.71)

0(0.0)

22.66

< 0.001

 Bacillus licheniformis

1(0.18)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0.96

0.81

 Streptococcus pyogenes

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

1(3.03)

31.24

< 0.001

 Fungi

1

1

1

0

0.72

0.88

 Candida albicans

1(0.18)

1(0.53)

1(0.33)

0(0.0)

0.72

0.87

 Bacterial co-infection

2

1

0

0

1.50

0.68

 Streptococcus pneumoniae / Moraxella catarrhalis

1(0.18)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0.96

0.81

 Streptococcus pneumoniae / Haemophilus influenzae

0(0.0)

1(0.53)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

4.66

0.20

 Haemophilus influenzae / Moraxella catarrhalis

1(0.18)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0.96

0.81