A cross-sectional study of the clinical characteristics of hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia in eight eastern cities in China

Table 3 Etiologic agents identified in children hospitalised with pneumonia in the sampled hospitals

Pathogen	1-3 years (N = 391)				4-7 years (N = 673)				8-14 years (N = 234)				Total
	TCM hospitals		WM hospitals		TCM hospitals		WM hospitals		TCM hospitals		WM hospitals
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Bacteria^a	1	0.7	32	15.6	4	1.2	37	11.6	1	0.9	7	6.2	82
M pneumoniae ^b	37	22.8	36	17.6	89	27.2	59	18.6	39	36.1	39	34.5	299
Virus^c	0	0.0	25	12.2	4	1.2	23	7.2	0	0.0	4	3.6	56
Mixed^d	0	0.0	41	20.0	5	1.5	101	31.8	1	0.9	39	34.5	187
Negative finding^e	95	58.6	68	33.2	183	56.0	96	30.2	58	53.7	24	21.2	524
Not tested^f	29	17.9	3	1.4	42	12.8	2	0.6	9	8.4	0	0.0	85
Total	162		205		327		318		108		113		1233^g

Abbreviations: TCM traditional Chinese medicine, WM Western medicine.
^aIdentified through sputum or blood culture.
^bIdentified through serum antibody or antigen test.
^cIdentified through nasopharyngeal secretion antibody test or serum antibody test.
^dInfection of two or more pathogens.
^eNone identified through above tests.
^fNot go through any etiological tests.
^gMissing 65 cases of etiological tests results.

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