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. 2024 May 13;19(5):e0300882. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300882

Table 4. Isolated fecal organisms in diarrhoeal children admitted in urban site (Dhaka hospital) and rural site (Matlab hospital), icddr,b from 2012–2021 and independent association of organisms with five to nine years group.

Organisms Dhaka Hospital Matlab hospital Overall
5–9 years (n = 239) 0-<5 years (n = 1104) Crude OR (95% CI) P Value 5–9 years (n = 109) 0-<5 years (n = 469) Crude OR (95% CI) P Value Study site and sex adjusted OR (95% CI) P value
Rotavirus 45/239 (18.83) 838/1104 (75.91) 0.07 (0.05–0.10) 0.000 13/109 (11.93) 397/469 (84.65) 0.02 (0.01–0.05) 0.000 0.05 (0.04–0.07) 0.000
ETEC 13/236 (5.51) 80/1103 (7.25) 0.75 (0.41–1.36) 0.339 Not done Not done
V. Cholerae 103/239 (43.10) 39/1104 (3.53) 20.68 (13.73–31.14) 0.000 34/109 (31.19) 14/469 (2.99) 14.73 (7.55–28.75) 0.000 18.93 (13.34–26.86) 0.000
Shigella 22/239 (9.21) 25/1104 (2.26) 4.38 (2.42–7.90) 0.000 52/109 (47.71) 50/469 (10.66) 7.64 (94.75–12.31) 0.000 6.14 (4.24–8.89) 0.000
Campylobacter 14/239 (5.86) 57/1104 (5.16) 1.14 (0.63–2.09) 0.663 No isolates No isolates
Aeromonas 29/239 (12.13) 56/1104 (5.07) 2.58 (1.61–4.14) 0.000 No isolates No isolates
Salmonella 7/239 (2.93) 8/1104 (0.72) 4.13 (1.48–11.51) 0.003 10/109 (9.17) 8/469 (1.71) 5.82 (2.24–15.12) 0.000 4.97 (2.48–9.97) 0.000

aOR: adjusted odds ratio, each of the pathogens was adjusted for study site, and sex