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. 2013 Oct 21:185–284. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-407-01320-9.50012-1

Table 6.1.

Bacterial isolation in gastroenteritis

Australia (Sydney) Britain (London) Indonesia (Bandung) Bangladesh (Dacca)
Author Dorman (1968) Walker-Smith (unpublished observations) Suprapti et al. (1968) Stoll et al. (1982)
No. of children 828 530 466 2624
Percentage isolation:
Salmonella 12 2.2 2.4 1
Shigella 6 3.4 11.2 11
E. coli
Enteropathogenic 7.5 6.4 32.2 ND
Enterotoxigenic ND ND ND 20
Campylobacter ND ND ND 17
Cholera 0.9 7

ND: Not done.