Table 2.

Distribution of pathogenic bacteria by gender and age group of the study population

	Overall	Gender		Agegroup (months)
Bacteria stains	No	Female	Male	0-12	13-24	25-36	37-48	49-60
Non- pathogenic E.coli	85 (45.2)	39 (45.9)	46 (54.1)	31 (36.5)	24 (28.2)	16 (18.8)	8 (9.4)	6 (7.1)
ETEC	8 (4.3)	5 (62.5)	3 (37.5)	3 (37.5)	5 (62.5)	0	0	0
EPEC	3 (1.6)	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)	0	1 (33.3)	0	0
EAEC	1 (1.1)	2 (100)	0	1 (50)	1 (50)	0	0	0
Salmonella enterica	19 (10.1)	12 (63.2)	7 (36.8)	0	10 (52.6)	5 (26.3)	2 (10.5)	2 (10.5)
Salmonella typhimurium	2 (1.1)	2 (100)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (100)
Klebsiella pneumonia	8 (16.3)	4 (50)	4 (50)	6 (75)	0	1 (12.5)	1 (12.5)	0
Klebsiella oxytoca	4 (2.1)	3 (75)	1 (25)	0	2 (50)	0	0	2 (50)
Shigelle sonnei	6 (3.2)	3 (50)	3 (50)	5 (83.3)	0	1 (16.7)	0	0
Shigella boydii	8 (4.3)	5 (62.5)	3 (37.5)	3 (37.5)	5 (62.5)	0	0	0
Vibro cholera	1 (0.5)	1 (100)	0	0	0	0	1 (100)	0
Enterobacter aerogenes	7 (3.7)	2 (28.6)	5 (71.4)	0	2 (28.6)	2 (28.6)	2 (28.6)	1 (14.3)
Proteus vulgaris	8 (4.3)	2 (25)	6 (75)	2 (25)	2 (25)	2 (25)	0	2 (25)
Pseudomonas aeroginosa	14 (7.4)	6 (42.9)	8 (57.1)	4 (28.6)	4 (28.6)	3 (21.4)	2 (14.3)	1 (7.1)
Aeromona hydrophila	5 (2.7)	3 (60)	2 (40)	0	0	0	4 (80)	0
Aeromona caviae	3 (1.6)	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)	0	0	3 (100)	0	0
Citobacter freundii	3 (1.6)	3 (100)	0	0	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)	0	0
Xersinia enterocolitica	2 (1.1)	0	2 (100)	1 (50)	0	1 (50)	0	0
	188	96 (51.1)	92 (48.9)	62 (32.9)	56 (28.9)	37 (19.7)	17 (19.1)	16 (8.5)