Table 2.
Demographic and clinical findings in association with culture result for Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter species among under-five children at Adare Hospital and Millennium Health Center, June to October 2011, Hawassa, South Ethiopia (*Blood and Mucoid, ** p = value statistical significance association)
| Demographic & Clinical data |
Salmonella spp (n=4) | Shigella spp (n=11) | Campylobacter spp (n=20) | |||
| Positive No (%) |
Negative No (%) |
Positive No (%) |
Negative No (%) |
Positive No (%) |
Negative No (%) |
|
| Age group | ||||||
| <6 | 1 (3.3) | 29 (96.7) | 1 (3.3) | 29 (96.7) | 5 (16.7) | 25 (83.3) |
| 6–11 | 0 (0) | 28 (100) | 1 (3.6) | 27 (96.4) | 3 (10.7) | 25 (89.3) |
| 12–23 | 1 (2.4) | 41 (97.6) | 2 (4.8) | 40 (95.2) | 8 (19) | 34 (81) |
| 24–35 | 1 (3.3) | 29 (96.7) | 2 (6.7) | 28 (93.3) | 1 (3.3) | 29 (96.7) |
| 36–47 | 0 (0) | 13 (100) | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) |
| 48–59 | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | 0 (0) | 15 (100) |
| p=0.025** | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 1(1.2%) | 80(98.8) | 4(4.9%) | 77(95.1%) | 11(13.6%) | 70 (86.4%) |
| Female | 3(3.9%) | 74 (96.1%) | 7(9.1%) | 70 (90.9%) | 9(11.7%) | 68 (88.3%) |
| Clinical symptom | ||||||
| Vomiting | 0 (0) | 52 (100) | 4 (7.7) | 48 (92.3) | 5 (9.6) | 47 (90.4) |
| Fever | 2 (3.9) | 50 (96.2) | 4 (7.7) | 48 (92.3) | 9(17.3) | 43 (82.7) |
| Abdominal pain | 2 (5.6) | 34 (94.4) | 1 (2.8) | 35 (97.2) | 5 (13.9) | 31 (86.1) |
| Dehydration | 0 (0) | 16 (100) | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | 0 (0) | 16 (100) |
| Consistency | ||||||
| Watery | 1 (1) | 99 (99) | 5 (5) | 95 (95) | 14 (14.0) | 86 (86.0) |
| Mucoid | 3 (6.8) | 41 (93.2) | 3 (6.8) | 41(93.2) | 5(11.4) | 39 (88.6) |
| Bloody | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1(100) | 0(0) | 1(100) |
| Mixed* | 0 (0) | 8 (100) | 5 (62.5) | 3(37.5) | 1(12.5) | 7(87.5) |
| p< .001** | ||||||
| Duration of diarrhea | ||||||
| 1–5 days | 3 (2.4) | 122 (97.6 | 11 (8.8) | 114 (91.2) | 17 (13.6) | 108 (86.4) |
| 6–10 days | 1 (4.4 | 22 (95.6) | 0 (0) | 23 (100) | 2 (8.7) | 21 (91.3) |
| 11–15 days | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | 1 (20) | 4 (80) |
| ≥16 days | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | 0 (0) | 5 (100) |
| Total | 4 (2.5) | 154 (97.5) | 11 (7) | 147 (93) | 20 (12.7) | 138 (87.3%) |