Table 5.
Comparison of Ct values in faeces and rectal swabs in children with or without diarrhoea
| |
Diarrhoea (n = 207) |
No diarrhoea (n = 119) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Ct differencea | n | P value | Mean Ct differencea | n | P value | |
|
ETEC-eltB |
3.61 |
47 |
<0.0001 |
1.03 |
50 |
0.09 |
| ETEC-est A |
3.11 |
24 |
<0.0001 |
2.76 |
13 |
0.02 |
|
E. coli bfpA |
2.27 |
28 |
0.0002 |
1.63 |
10 |
0.20 |
|
E. coli eae |
2.40 |
30 |
0.0001 |
-0.93 |
26 |
0.1662 |
|
Shigella |
2.41 |
34 |
<0.0004 |
-1.64 |
20 |
0.1008 |
|
Campylobacter |
-0.61 |
30 |
0.50 |
-0.69 |
27 |
0.36 |
|
Cryptosporidium |
3.09 |
16 |
0.002 |
-0.06 |
6 |
0.96 |
| Rotavirus |
2.25 |
37 |
0.0008 |
|
0 |
|
| Norovirus GG2 |
2.21 |
12 |
0.04 |
-0.39 |
5 |
0.72 |
| Adenovirus | 0.43 | 12 | 0.71 | -0.69 | 53 | 0.087 |
aCt value in rectal swab–Ct value in faeces.
Comparison of subset of cases that were reactive in both faeces and rectal swabs.
P values by paired t test.
GG2, genogroup 2.