Table 3.
Frequency of enteric pathogens isolated in relation to stool consistency (n = 144).
| Organism | Formed (n = 30) |
Semiformed (n = 68) |
Loose/watery (n = 46) |
Total (n = 144) |
P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. parvum | 11 (36.67%) | 39 (57.35%) | 37 (80.43%) | 87 (60.42%) | 0.0001 |
| I. belli | 1 (3.33%) | 4 (5.88%) | 8 (17.39%) | 13 (9.03%) | 0.022 |
| Cyclospora spp. | 0 | 0 | 2 (4.35%) | 2 (1.39%) | — |
| Microsporidium spp. | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.17%) | 1 (0.69%) | — |
| E. histolytica | 2 (6.67%) | 5 (7.35%) | 0 | 7 (4.86%) | 0.121 |
| G. lamblia | 0 | 3 (4.41%) | 0 | 3 (2.08%) | — |
| A. lumbricoides | 3 (10.00%) | 1 (1.47%) | 1 (2.17%) | 5 (3.47%) | 0.125 |
| C. difficile | 15 (50.00%) | 9 (13.23%) | 2 (4.35%) | 26 (18.06%) | 0.0001 |
| Diarrheagenic E. coli | 10 (33.34%) | 5 (7.35%) | 1 (2.10%) | 16 (11.11%) | 0.0001 |
| Shigella spp. | 3 (10.00%) | 1 (1.47%) | 0 | 4 (2.78%) | 0.018 |
| C. albicans | 10 (33.34%) | 24 (35.29%) | 3 (6.52%) | 37 (25.69%) | 0.002 |
*P value calculation using Kruskal-Wallis test.