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Table 2 Chest CT findings of the patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia on admission*

From: Radiographic features of Mycoplasma pneumoniaepneumonia: differential diagnosis and performance timing

Findings

M. pneumoniae

(n = 64)

S. pneumoniae

(n = 68)

p value

Consolidation

39 (61)

52 (76)

0.0618

Ground-glass attenuation

50 (78)

32 (47)

0.0003

Centrilobular nodules

50 (78)

15 (22)

<0.0001

Bronchial wall thickening

52 (81)

13 (19)

<0.0001

Reticular or linear opacity

17 (27)

22 (32)

0.5675

Pleural effusion

13 (20)

17 (25)

0.5409

Lymphadenopathy

15 (23)

13 (19)

0.6707

  1. * Data represent the numbers of patients and numbers in parentheses are percentages.