TABLE 2.

Comparison between patients and controls with respect to crude PCR detection rates and C_T values

Pathogen	No. (%) of patients	No. (%) of controls	OR	Pa	Median CT for patients	Median CT for controls	Pb
Viruses
Adenovirus (any)	45 (27)	53 (32)	0.79	0.40	38.2	39.3	0.05
Adenovirus 40/41	10 (6.1)	6 (3.6)	1.71	0.44	36.6	35.0	0.66
Astrovirus	4 (2.4)	1 (0.6)	4.07	0.37	19.9	31.5
Norovirus GI	1 (0.6)	1 (0.6)	1.00
Norovirus GII	33 (20)	4 (2.4)	10.1	<0.0001	25.1	26.9	0.28
Rotavirus	16 (10)	3 (1.8)	5.80	0.003	24.4	26.0	0.50
Sapovirus	14 (8.5)	7 (4.2)	2.09	0.18	25.6	28.3	0.50
Bacteria
Campylobacter	58 (35)	54 (33)	1.11	0.73	31.8	33.3	0.12
Vibrio cholerae	1 (0.6)	0 (0)
ETEC-eltB	72 (44)	76 (46)	0.91	0.74	31.3	34.6	0.002
ETEC-estA	55 (33)	39 (24)	1.62	0.07	32.6	37.3	0.0001
Salmonella	9 (5.5)	4 (2.5)	2.32	0.26	42.2	40.6	0.22
Shigella	57 (35)	54 (33)	1.08	0.82	29.2	34.5	<0.0001
Yersinia	0 (0)	0 (0)
Protozoa
Cryptosporidium	49 (30)	18 (11)	3.45	<0.0001	32.1	36.8	0.0009
Negative	10 (6)	27 (16)

^aFisher's exact test.

^bMann-Whitney U test for agents with a total of >10 positive samples.