Table 2. Distribution of DEC groups by age in hospitalized children with diarrhoea in Yucatan, Mexico.
| Children’s age in months | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (%) | <6 | 6–12 | 13–24 | >24 | |
| 831 | 143 (17) | 255 (31) | 270 (32) | 163(20) | |
| Total DEC (%) | 232 (28) | 33 (23) | 77 (30) | 72 (27) | 50 (31) |
| DAEC infections (%) | 81 (35) | 10 (7) | 21 (8.2) | 28 (10.4) | 22 (13.5) |
| EAEC infections (%) | 56 (24) | 3 (2.1) | 24 (9.4) | 20 (7.4) | 9 (5.5) |
| aEPEC infections (%) | 37 (16) | 7 (4.9) | 13 (5.1) | 12 (4.4) | 5 (3.1) |
| Mixed DEC infections (%) | 23 (10) | 4 (2.8) | 9 (3.5) | 2 (0.7) | 8 (4.9) |
| ETEC infections (%) | 21 (9) | 4 (2.8) | 7 (2.7) | 7 (2.6) | 3 (1.8) |
| tEPEC (%) | 9 (4) | 4 (2.8) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) |
| Hybrid DEC infections (%) | 3 (1) | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.2) |
| STEC infections (%) | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1(0.4) | 0 | 0 |
| EIEC infections (%) | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4) | 0 |
ETEC: enterotoxigenic E. coli,
tEPEC: typical enteropathogenic E. coli,
aEPEC: atypical enteropathogenic E. coli,
EAEC: enteroaggregative E. coli,
DAEC: diffusely adherent E. coli.