TABLE 2.
Prevalences of bacterial pathogens in children with diarrhea <5 years old attending PH or presenting to PO and healthy children (controls)
| Pathogen | No. (%) of children
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|---|---|---|---|
| PH (n = 446) | PO (n = 328) | Controls (n = 139) | |
| E. coli pathotypes | |||
| EPEC (total) | 25 (5.6) | 19 (5.8) | 2 (1.4) |
| Typical (eae EAF+) | 2 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.7) |
| Atypical (eae EAF−) | 23 (5.1)a | 19 (5.8)a | 1 (0.7) |
| ETEC (total) | 4 (0.9) | 5 (1.5) | 0 |
| LT only | 3 (0.7) | 3 (0.9) | |
| ST only | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | |
| LT and ST | 0 | 1 (0.3) | |
| EIEC | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.7) |
| EHEC (eae Stx1+) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.6) | 0 |
| STEC (total) | 3 (0.7) | 0 | 0 |
| Stx1 | 2 (0.4) | 0 | |
| Stx1and Stx2 | 1 (0.2) | 0 | |
| EAEC | 33 (7.4)a | 36 (11.0)a | 2 (1.4) |
| DAEC | 42 (9.4) | 49 (14.9) | 12 (8.6) |
| Non-E. coli pathotypes | |||
| Campylobacter spp. | 0 | 3 (0.9) | 0 |
| Salmonella spp. | 5 (1.1) | 0 | 0 |
| Shigella spp. | 5 (1.1) | 0 | 0 |
| Combination of pathogens | |||
| EAEC + Campylobacter spp. | 0 | 2 (0.6) | 0 |
| EAEC + Shigella spp. | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 0 |
| ETEC + Salmonella spp. | 0 | 1 (0.3) | 0 |
a
P value <0.001 versus control.