Main demographical and clinical features of infants with bronchiolitis
SARS-CoV-2-positive bronchiolitis (n=16) | SARS-CoV-2-negative bronchiolitis (n=298) | P value | |
Age in months, median (IQR) | 4 (3–4) | 5 (2–8) | 0.18 |
Male sex, n (%) | 11 (68.7) | 193 (64.8) | 0.75 |
Weight in kg, median (IQR) | 6.2 (5–7.3) | 6.5 (4.7–8.2) | 0.40 |
History of prematurity, n (%) | 2 (12.5) | 47 (15.8) | 1.0* |
Presence of at least one comorbidity, n (%) | 1 (6.3) | 45 (15.1) | 0.48* |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 1 (6.2) | 18 (6.0) | 1.0* |
Congenital heart disease | 0 (0.0) | 17 (5.7) | 1.0* |
Genetic syndrome | 0 (0.0) | 11 (3.7) | 1.0* |
Other | 0 (0.0) | 22 (7.4) | 0.61* |
Positivity for at least one other virus, n (%) | 1 (6.3) | 40 (13.4) | 0.62* |
Rhinovirus | 1 (6.3) | 27 (9.0) | |
Adenovirus | 0 | 6 (2.0) | |
Parainfluenza virus | 0 | 4 (1.3) | |
Coronavirus NL63 | 0 | 3 (1.0) | |
Metapneumovirus | 0 | 2 (0.7) | |
Respiratory syncytial virus | 0 | 1 (0.3) | |
Bocavirus | 0 | 1 (0.3) | |
Enterovirus | 0 | 3 (1.0) | |
SARS-CoV-2-positive parents, n (%) | |||
Both parents | 7 (43.8) | 3 (1.0) | <0.0001* |
Father | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | |
Mother | 3 (18.7) | 5 (1.7) |
*Fisher’s exact test.