Table 2.

Fever, and length of hospitalization and diarrhoea duration.

	Parameters	Campylobacter (N = 332) 1	Shigella (N = 158) 2	Salmonella (N = 132) 3	P	P for multiple comparisons performed
Fever at admission (oC)	Mean (±s.d.)	38 (1.1)	38.4 (1.2)	38.2 (1.3)	<0.005	1 vs. 2	0.003
	Median	38	38.5	38.1		1 vs. 3	0.66
	Q1, Q3	37.2, 38.9	37.7, 39.3	37.3, 39.2		2 vs. 3	0.33
Length of hospital stay (days)	Mean (±s.d.)	4.343 (3.7)	3.6 (1.3)	5.4 (3.8)	<0.001	1 vs. 2	0.005
	Median	4	3	4		1 vs. 3	<0.001
	Q1, Q3	3, 5	3, 4	4, 6		2 vs. 3	<0.001
Duration of diarrhoea (days)	Mean (±s.d.)	5.3 (5.1)	3.5 (1.4)	6.2 (5)	<0.001	1 vs. 2	<0.001
	Median	4	3	5		1 vs. 3	0.003
	Q1, Q3	3, 6	3, 4	3, 7		2 vs. 3	<0.001