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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Travel Med. 2011 Feb 7;18(2):121–125. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00488.x

Table 2.

Detection rates for distinct E. coli pathotypes in the 152 fecal samples obtained from travelers with diarrhea according to season of travel

No. positive samples/ No. tested samples (%)
Pathotype Winter Summer Odds Ratio
(95% CI)		 P-value
ETEC 4/35
(11.4)		 51/117
(43.5%)		 4.37
(1.4–12.8)		 0.02
STEC 4/35
(11.4)		 30/117
(25.6)		 NS 0.1
EAEC 8/35
(22.8)		 50/117
(42.7)		 NS 0.1
EPEC 8/35
(22.8)		 50/118
(42.7)		 NS 0.1
EIEC 0/27 13/117
(11.1)
13/117		 ND 0.07

Abbreviations: ETEC, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; STEC, Shiga-toxin producing E. coli; EAEC, enteroaggregative E. coli; EPEC, enteropathogenic E. coli. EIEC, enteroinvasive E. coli, NS, Non- significant; ND= Not done.