Table 3.
Clinical data of the children with diarrhea by EPEC, Campylobacter, viruses or Salmonella.
| Pathogens¶ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPEC§
n = 8 |
Campylobacter n = 5 | Virus* n = 6 | Salmonella n = 3 | |
| Durationa | ||||
| Between 12 and 48 h | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Between 72 and 96 h | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| >120 h | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No data | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stool appearanceb | ||||
| Watery | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Bloody | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Mucus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| No data | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fever | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Vomiting | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| FLc | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
¶Only the clinical findings of children with diarrhea in which a single enteropathogen was detected are shown; §includes both aEPEC and tEPEC isolates; *includes rotavirus, adenovirus, and norovirus.
aNumber of hours with diarrhea before the visit; bdata were provided by the parents/or pediatrician; cfecal leucocytes, defined as PMN cells identified in the stools by methylene-blue stain.