TABLE 3.
Patients with multiple pathogens isolated from a single specimen in Vientiane, Lao PDR
| Pathogensa | No. of patients in the following age group:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 yr | 1–5 yr | >5 yr | Total | |
| Shig. plus the following: | ||||
| EPEC | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| ETEC | 1 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
| EIEC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Camp. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shig.b + ETEC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| EPEC + EPECc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| EPEC + ETEC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| ETEC + EIEC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| EPEC plus the following: | ||||
| EPECc | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| ETEC | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| EIEC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Camp. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| EPECc + EIEC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| EPECc + Camp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ETEC + Camp. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| ETEC + Rota. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Camp. + Rota. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ETEC plus the following: | ||||
| ETECd | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| EIEC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Vib. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Camp. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| EIEC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| EIEC + EIECc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sal. + Rota. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sal. + Rota. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| EIEC + EIECc | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 62 | 12 | 87 |
a
Shig., Shigella spp.; Camp., Campylobacter spp.; Rota., rotavirus; Vib., Vibrio spp.; Sal., Salmonella spp.
b
S. flexneri and S. sonnei were isolated.
c
EPEC or EIEC strains with different O serogroups were isolated.
d
ETEC strains producing different toxins were isolated.