Figure 1个  Table 3
    • Clinical data Variables Number (n = 57) Severe pneumonia (n = 29) (%) χ2 P values
      n %
      General information Sex Male 39 19 48.7 0.230 0.631
      Female 18 10 55.6
      Age, years > 2 31 12 38.7 4.026 0.045
      ≤ 2 26 17 65.4
      Clinical manifestations High fever Yes 57 29 50.9 NA NA
      No 0 0
      Breathing Yes 13 9 69.2 2.270 0.132
      No 44 20 45.5
      Laboratory findings Leukocytosis Yes 30 18 54.5 1.133 0.287
      No 27 11 40.7
      Elevated hsCRP Yes 31 20 64.5 5.058 0.025
      No 26 9 34.6
      Elevated PCT Yes 33 21 63.6 5.105 0.024
      No 24 8 33.3
      Radiological findings Multifocal infiltrates Yes 35 20 57.1 1.424 0.233
      No 22 9 40.9
      Atelectasis Yes 11 9 81.8 5.221 0.022
      No 46 20 43.5
      Pleural effusion Yes 12 7 58.3 0.066 0.798
      No 45 22 48.9
      Underlying disease Yes 5 3 60.0 0.183 0.669
      No 52 26 50.0
      Complications Yes 15 11 73.3 4.108 0.043
      No 42 18 42.9
      CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin.

      Table 1.  Clinical analysis of all adenovirus pneumonia cases.

    • Classification of disease Specimen type Number DFA positive mNGS positve
      Mild cases Nasopharyngeal 28 28
      Severe cases Nasopharyngeal 29 0
      Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid 29 11 29
      DFA, direct fluorescent antibody; mNGS, metagenomics next-generation sequencing; –, not implemented.

      Table 2.  The detection of adenovirus based on DFA respiratory virus screening and mNGS sequencing methods.

    • Variables Total (n = 29) PB (n = 9) Non-PB (n = 20) P values
      Clinical features
      Fever days at admission 7 (2, 22) 6 (5, 9) 7 (2, 22) 0.9
      Duration for fever after admission, days 6 (0, 21) 4 (2, 7) 8 (0, 21) 0.03
      Total febrile days 12 (8, 30) 10 (9, 13) 15 (8, 30) 0.04
      Hospitalization days 11 (5, 45) 9 (7, 12) 13 (5, 45) 0.01
      Radiological findings
      Pleural effusion 7 (24.1%) 5 (55.6%) 2 (10.0%) 0.01
      Atelectasis 9 (31.0%) 7 (77.8%) 2 (10.0%) 0.00
      Multifocal infiltrates 20 (69.0%) 4 (44.4%) 16(80.0%) 1.0
      Data are presented as median (interquartile range) and n (%).

      Table 3.  Clinical and imaging characteristics of PB and non-PB in 29 severe adenovirus pneumonia cases.