Table 6.

Multivariate analysis^a of the odds of a positive fecal leukocyte count (>10 L/hpf) by pathogen

Pathogen	Fecal leukocytes by pathogen		Fecal leukocytes by single-pathogen infectionb
	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
EAEC	0.50 (0.21–1.16)	0.105	0.56 (0.19–1.63)	0.289
EPEC	0.54 (0.17–1.69)	0.288	0.64 (0.13–3.18)	0.585
ETEC	3.13 (1.01–9.72)	0.048	4.09 (1.08–15.51)	0.039
DAEC	1.35 (0.37–4.95)	0.649	3.13 (0.50–19.60)	0.224
Campylobacter sp.	1.55 (0.85–2.85)	0.154	1.63 (0.80–3.34)	0.178
Rotavirus	0.94 (0.83–1.07)	0.352	0.54 (0.18–1.67)	0.285

^aUsing random-effects logistic regressions and adjusting for possible modifiers (blood in stools, age, sex, undernutrition, and breastfeeding).

^bExcluding coinfections.