Table 3.
Demographic profile and clinical profile of diarrhoeagenic E. coli (DEC)
|
Clinical characteristics |
Average age (years) |
Sex |
Opd/IPD |
Diarrhoea |
Diarrhoea with dysentery n (%) |
Fever n (%) |
Abdominal pain n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Male n (%) |
Female n (%) |
OPD n (%) |
IPD n (%) |
Acute n (%) |
Chronic/persi stent n (%) |
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|
EAEC (31) |
31.6 |
19 (61.2 %) |
12 (38.7 %) |
µ (32.2 %) |
21 (67 %) |
12 (38.7 %) |
18 (58 %) |
3 (9 %) |
4 (12.9 %) |
10 (32.2 %) |
|
EIEC (22) |
20.7 |
15 (68.2 %) |
7 (31.8 %) |
10 (45.5 %) |
12 (54.5 %) |
10 (45.5 %) |
12 (54.5 %) |
9 (40.1 %) |
17 (77.3 %) |
20 (90.9 %) |
|
EPEC (8) |
11 |
5 (62.5 %) |
3 (37.5 %) |
4 (50 %) |
2 (25 %) |
5 (62.5 %) |
3 (37.5 %) |
0 |
5 (62.5 %) |
6 (75 %) |
|
ETEC (2) |
30.4 |
1 (50 %) |
1 (50 %) |
1 (50 %) |
1 (50 %) |
2 (100 %) |
0 |
0 |
1 (50 %) |
1 (50 %) |