Table 6: Relationship between occurrence of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection and indications for respiratory tract infection.

Signs and symptoms Number Examined N (%) No. Positive N (%) No. Negative N (%) p-value
Chest Pain 260 (100.0) 140 (53.8) 120 (46.2) 0.032*
Dyspnea 260 (100.0) 20 (7.7) 240 (92.3) 0.528
Chills 260 (100.0) 36 (13.8) 224 (86.2) 0.637
Bradypnea 260 (100.0) 43 (16.5) 217 (83.5) 0.388
Fever 260 (100.0) 5 (1.9) 255 (98.1) 0.415
Cough 260 (100.0) 141 (54.2) 119 (45.8) 0.028*
Weight Loss 260 (100.0) 21 (8.1) 239 (91.9) 0.704
Night Sweat 260 (100.0) 39 (15.0) 221 (85.0) 0.358
None 260 (100.0) 53 (20.4) 207 (79.6) 0.188

*P-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.