TABLE 1.
Isolation of P. alcalifaciens in relation to that of other enteric pathogens, in rank order, from 814 children with diarrhea and 814 children without diarrhea
| Pathogen | No. (%) positive
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| With diarrhea | Without diarrhea | ||
| Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli | 353 (43.37) | 235 (28.87) | 0.0001 |
| Rotavirus | 165 (20.27) | 12 (1.47) | 0.0001 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | 142 (17.45) | 103 (12.65) | 0.007 |
| Aeromonas spp. | 99 (12.20) | 39 (4.80) | 0.0001 |
| Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 | 71 (8.72) | 3 (0.37) | 0.0001 |
| Shigella spp. | 70 (8.60) | 23 (2.83) | 0.001 |
| Providencia alcalifaciens | 17 (2.08) | 4 (0.49) | 0.004 |
| Salmonella spp. | 15 (1.84) | 10 (1.23) | 0.314 |
| Clostridium difficile | 13 (1.60) | 4 (0.49) | 0.028 |
| Cryptosporidium sp. | 11 (1.35) | 3 (0.37) | 0.032 |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides | 8 (1.00) | 10 (1.23) | 0.636 |
| Giardia lamblia | 7 (0.86) | 23 (2.83) | 0.003 |
| Entamoeba histolytica | 5 (0.61) | 1 (0.12) | 0.102 |