Table 2.
Characteristic | n (%)* |
---|---|
Self-rated baseline health | |
Excellent | 76 (60.3) |
Very good | 27 (21.4) |
Good | 14 (11.1) |
Fair | 7 (5.6) |
Poor | 2 (1.6) |
Current medical comorbidity† | 9 (7.2) |
History of intra-abdominal surgery‡ | 6 (4.8) |
Antibiotic use before diarrheal illness | 1 (0.8) |
Known contact with another person with diarrheal illness | 4 (3.2) |
Acid-suppressive or immunosuppressive medication use | 0 (0) |
Location of treatment | |
Clinic | 97 (77.0) |
Emergency department | 29 (23.0) |
Median duration of symptoms (IQR) in days | 2 (2–3) |
Symptoms | |
Diarrhea | 126 (100) |
Abdominal cramps | 103 (81.8) |
Fatigue | 97 (77.0) |
Fever | 53 (42.1) |
Body aches | 52 (41.3) |
Headache | 50 (39.7) |
Chills | 43 (34.1) |
Vomiting | 33 (26.2) |
Nausea | 31 (24.6) |
Bloody diarrhea | 7 (5.6) |
≥ 6 stools per day | 69 (54.8) |
Temperature ≥ 38.5°C (N = 107) | 9 (8.4) |
Heart rate ≥ 90 beats per minute (N = 107) | 28 (26.2) |
Systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg (N = 121) | 1 (0.8) |
IQR = interquartile range.
N = 126 unless otherwise indicated.
Medical comorbidity includes diabetes (N = 7), hypertension (N = 2), and hyperlipidemia (N = 1).
All had undergone appendectomy > 2 years before presentation.