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.