Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 3 Correlating the frequency of pathogen detection to different age groups

From: The use of multiplex PCR for the detection of atypical pathogens in Egyptian children with CAP: a high rate of Bordetella pertussis in early infancy

Pathogen	Age groups (months)
	≤ 4 months	> 4 months ≤ 59 months	> 59 months	P value
	n = 104	n = 272	n = 24	P value
Bordetella pertussis	8 (7.79%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	≤ 0.001
Mycoplasma pneumoniae	0 (0%)	4 (1.47%)	0 (0%)	0.3

P values > 0.05 is statistically insignificant

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