Table 6.13.

Electrolyte composition of stool in childhood gastroenteritis

Aetiology	Stool electrolytes (mmol l−1)
	Sodium	Potassium	Chloride	Bicarbonate
Cholera	101*	27	92	32
	88†	30	86	32
Rotavirus	37†	38	22	6
ETEC	53†	37	24	18
Non-cholera diarrhoea	56*	25	55	14

ETEC: enterotoxigenic E. coli.

^*Mahalanabis, et al. (1970).

^†Molla et al. (1981).