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. 2013 Jan;19(1):144–146. doi: 10.3201/eid1901.120646

Table 2. Clinical symptoms of party participants during outbreak of gastroenteritis associated with Escherichia albertii, by pathogen identified, Japan*.

Symptom E. albertii, n = 21† E. albertii and E. coli O183:H18, n = 7 E. coli O183:H18, n = 3 None,‡ n =11§
Diarrhea 17 (81)¶ 7 (100)§ 1 (33) 4 (36)
Abdominal pain 16 (76)¶ 6 (86)§ 2 (67) 3 (27)
Nausea 5 (24) 5 (71)§ 0 1 (9)
Fever 8 (38) 4 (57) 2 (67) 4 (36)
None 1 (5)¶ 0 0 5 (45)

*Values are no. (%). None, negative for both pathogens. 
†One symptomatic person was excluded because no clinical record was available.
‡Negative for both pathogens.
§One person was excluded because no clinical record was available.
¶A 2-tailed Fisher exact test (p<0.05) showed significant differences between the groups from which E. albertii or E. coli O183:H18 was isolated and the groups from which they were not isolated.