Table 2.
Clinical findings as related to etiology of diarrhea.
| Children with single identified pathogen1 (n=27) | Children without identified pathogen1 (n=53) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aEPEC (n=10) | EIEC (n=3) | STEC (n=1) | Virus2 (n=13) | ||
| Children with | |||||
| Watery diarrhea | 6 (60%) | — | — | 10 (76, 9%) | 7 (13.2%) |
| Semiliquid diarrhea | — | — | — | — | 28 (52.8%) |
| Bloody diarrhea | 3 (30%) | 1 (33.3%) | 1 (100%) | — | |
| Mucoid stools | 1 (10%) | 2 (66.6%) | — | 3 (23.1%) | 18 (34%) |
| Abdominal pain | 4 (40%) | 2 (66.6%) | 1 (100%) | 6 (46.2%) | 6 (11.3%) |
| Fever | 2 (20%) | 2 (66.6%) | 1 (100%) | 5 (35.5%) | 5 (9.4%) |
| Vomiting | 1 (10%) | — | — | 6 (46.2%) | 7 (13.2%) |
| Fecal leucocytes3 | 1 (10%) | 2 (66.6%) | — | — | — |
1No child was vaccinated against rotavirus at the time of entering to the study; 2considering together: rotavirus in 10 children and adenovirus in 3; 3significant presence of fecal leucocytes (++ or +++). —, no child showed those conditions.