Table 2.
Distribution of Shigella isolates based on gender, hospital admission, and age categories during 2019–2022 in Mashhad. Iran.
| Shigella species | Gender |
Hospital admission |
Age groups* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male No. (%) | Female No. (%) | Inpatient No. (%) | Outpatient No. (%) | Infant No. (%) | Toddler No. (%) | Preschool No. (%) | School age child No. (%) | |
| S. sonnei | 36 (72.0) | 28 (84.8) | 35 (71.5) | 29 (85.3) | 12 (85.7) | 6 (66.7) | 25 (75.8) | 21 (77.8) |
| S. flexneri | 13 (26.0) | 5 (15.1) | 14 (28.5) | 4 (11.7) | 2 (14.3) | 3 (33.3) | 7 (21.2) | 6 (22.2) |
| S. boydii | 1 (2.0) | 0 (00.0) | 0 (00.0) | 1 (3.0) | 0 (00.0) | 0 (00.0) | 1 (3) | 0 (00.0) |
| Total |
50 (60.2) |
33 (39.8) |
49 (59) |
34 (41) |
14 (16.9) |
9 (10.8) |
33 (39.8) |
27 (32.5) |
| Data analysis | (V = 0.16, 95 % CI [0.02, 0.35], p = 0.33, N = 83) | (V = 0.23, 95 % CI [0.04, 0.40], p = 0.05, N = 83) | (V = 0.12, 95 % CI [0.08, 0.33], p = 0.87, N = 83) | |||||
Abbreviations: V, Cramer's V effect size; CI, confidence interval. p, p-value; * Infant, age ≤1 year; Toddler, 1 < age ≥3.
Preschool, 3 < age ≥6; School age child, 6 < age ≥12.