Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of Shigella cases stratified by healthcare facility in Santa Rosa and Quetzaltenango Departments, Guatemala 2007–2012
| All Cases N (%)a 261 (100) |
Hospital N (%)a 30 (100) |
Ambulatory N (%)a 231 (100) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 149 (57.1) | 14 (46.7) | 135 (58.4) | 0.22 |
| Age | ||||
| 0 to 6 months | 2 (0.8) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (0.4) | 0.001 |
| 6 months to < 1 year | 16 (6.1) | 5 (16.7) | 11 (4.8) | |
| 1 to 4 years | 133 (50.9) | 19 (63.2) | 114 (49.5) | |
| 5 to 9 years | 36 (13.8) | 1 (3.3) | 35 (15.2) | |
| 10 to 20 years | 29 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 29 (12.6) | |
| 20 to 40 years | 25 (9.6) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (10.8) | |
| 40 to 60 years | 9 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (3.9) | |
| 60 + years | 11 (4.2) | 4 (13.3) | 7 (3.0) | |
| Symptoms | ||||
| Under 5 years | 151 (100.0) | 23 (100.0) | 128 (100.0) | |
| Vomiting | 42 (28.0) | 17 (74.0) | 25 (37.8) | < 0.0001 |
| Unable to drink or breastfeed | 71 (47.0) | 15 (60.0) | 56 (44.1) | 0.15 |
| Convulsions | 5 (4.0) | 3 (13.0) | 2 (2.2) | 0.024 |
| Lethargy | 57 (36.0) | 3 (12.0) | 54 (40.0) | 0.007 |
| All ages | ||||
| Temperature in oC Median (Range) | 37 (34.4–40) | 37 (36–39.5) | 36.9 (34.4–40) | |
| Vomiting | 99 (38.1) | 21 (70.0) | 78 (33.9) | < 0.0001 |
| Abdominal Pain | 185 (71.2) | 11 (37.0) | 174 (75.7) | < 0.0001 |
| Bloody stool | 80 (30.8) | 5 (17.0) | 75 (32.6) | 0.19 |
| Mucoid stool | 183 (70.4) | 15 (50.0) | 168 (73.0) | 0.009 |
| Co-Infections | ||||
| Campylobacter coli | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.9) | 0.61 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | 4 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.7) | 0.47 |
| Rotavirus | 3 (1.3) | 3 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.0001 |
| Any protozoa or helminth | 78 (30.0) | 6 (20.0) | 72 (31.6) | 0.19 |
| Giardia | 5 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.2) | 0.41 |
| Treatmentb | ||||
| Oral rehydration salts or solution | 37 (25.0) | 18 (72.0) | 19 (15.0) | < 0.0001 |
aProportions based on non-missing data
bNot sufficient antibiotic data for treatment. 18 patients had other treatment, 4 had antibiotics and 9 had salts/solution