Table 2.

Henoch-Schönlein purpura admissions associated with infection admissions. Estimates for the standardized rate of HSP admission were calculated using the autoregressive moving average (1,1) process for each infection.

AgentEstimate (95% CI)p
Group A ß-hemolytic Streptococcus0.09 (0.02, 0.15)0.01
S. aureus0.18 (0.07, 0.29)< 0.01
  MSSA0.18 (0.09, 0.27)< 0.01
  MRSA0.10 (0.03, 0.16)< 0.01
Parainfluenza0.04 (0, 0.08)0.03
Influenza0.03 (−0.02, 0.08)0.19
Adenovirus0.01 (−0.03, 0.04)0.06
Respiratory syncytial virus−0.01 (−0.09, 0.07)0.75
  • MSSA: methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.