Table 3.
Association of isolation of Shigella species with age group and nature of diarrhea in Mekelle Hospital and Semen Health Center, Nov. 2011 to March 2012.
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Total (%) | P-value | |||||
| (Shigella spp.) | (Shigella spp.) | |||||||
| n=18 | n=242 | N=260 | ||||||
| Age group in years | ||||||||
| <5 | Yes 12 (66.7) | 103 (42.6) | 115 (44.2) | 0.047 | ||||
| No 6 (33.3) | 139 (57.4) | 145 (55.8) | ||||||
| 5–9 | Yes 4 (22.2) | 104 (43) | 108 (41.5) | 0.085 | ||||
| No 14 (77.8) | 138 (57) | 152 (58.5) | ||||||
| >9 | Yes 2 (11.1) | 35 (14.5) | 37 (14.2) | 0.695 | ||||
| No 16 (88.9) | 207 (85.5) | 223 (85.8) | ||||||
| Nature of diarrhoea | ||||||||
| Watery | ||||||||
| Yes 6 (33.3) | 157 (64.9) | 163 (62.7) | 0.08 | |||||
| No 12 (66.7) | 85 (35.1) | 97 (37.3) | ||||||
| Mucoid | Yes 8 (44.4) | 68 (28.1) | 76 (29.2) | 0.141 | ||||
| No 10 (55.6) | 174 (71.9) | 184 (70.8) | ||||||
| Bloody | Yes 3 (16.7) | 9 (3.7) | 12 (4.6) | 0.012 | ||||
| No 15 (83.3) | 233 (96.3) | 248 (95.4) | ||||||
| Mixed | Yes 1(5.6) | 8 (3.3) | 9 (3.5) | 0.614 | ||||
| No 17 (94.4) | 234 (96.7) | 251 (96.5) | ||||||