Table 2 Nasopharyngeal and intratonsillar virus detection
From: Tonsillar cytokine expression between patients with tonsillar hypertrophy and recurrent tonsillitis
Virus | Nasopharynx | P value | Tonsil | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tonsillar hypertrophy n = 47 | Recurrent tonsillitis n = 42 | Tonsillar hypertrophy n = 47 | Recurrent tonsillitis n = 42 | |||
Adenovirus | 9 (19%) | 2 (5%) | 0.03 | 7 (15%) | 2 (5%) | 0.10 |
Bocavirus-1 | 12 (26%) | 2 (5%) | 0.005 | 7 (15%) | 1 (2%) | 0.03 |
Coronavirus | 3 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 0.048 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | – |
Enteroviruses | 4 (9%) | 4 (10%) | 0.87 | 6 (13%) | 4 (10%) | 0.63 |
Influenza A or B virus | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.26 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | – |
Metapneumovirus | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 0.29 | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.26 |
Parainfluenza virus types 1-4 | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 0.94 | 4 (9%) | 1 (2%) | 0.19 |
Respiratory syncytial virus | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.26 | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0.11 |
Rhinovirus species A, B or C | 27 (57%) | 14 (33%) | 0.02 | 2 (4%) | 2 (5%) | 0.91 |
Number of positive viruses | 37 (79%) | 16 (38%) | < 0.0001 | 17 (36%) | 8 (19%) | 0.07 |
Positive for 1 virus | 23 (49%) | 10 (24%) | 0.01 | 9 (19%) | 7 (17%) | 0.76 |
Positive for 2 viruses | 8 (17%) | 4 (10%) | 0.30 | 5 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 0.01 |
Positive for 3 viruses | 5 (11%) | 2 (5%) | 0.30 | 2 (4%) | 1 (2%) | 0.62 |
Positive for 4 viruses | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.26 | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.26 |
Positive for ≥ 1 viruses | 37 (79%) | 16 (38%) | 17 (36%) | 8 (19%) | ||
Positive for ≥ 2 viruses | 14 (30%) | 6 (14%) | 8 (17%) | 1 (2%) | ||
Positive for ≥ 3 viruses | 6 (13%) | 2 (5%) | 3 (7%) | 1 (2%) | ||
Positive for ≥ 4 viruses | 1 (2%) | 0 | 1 (2%) | 0 | ||