Table 5.

Odds ratios for the presence of EAEC genes in isolates from visit 1 compared to visits 4 and 5 and in isolates identified as the only pathogen compared to those which were not the only pathogen.

	All strains	Visit 1	Visits 4 and 5*	OR (95% CI) visit 1 to visits 4 and 5	EAEC only	EAEC plus	OR (95% CI) EAEC only to EAEC plus
N	56	43	13	N/A∧	23	33	N/A
AAF gene=	35	28	7	1.6 (0.5–5.7)	13	29	0.7 (0.2–2.0)
aap#	51	42	9	18.7♦(2.4–231.7)	22	29	3 (0.4–38.6)
aar	40	32	8	1.8 (0.5–6.7)	16	24	0.9 (0.3–2.7)
aggR	47	38	9	3.4 (0.9–15.7)	19	28	0.8 (0.2–3.1)
aaiC	48	38	10	2.3 (0.5–11.6)	22	26	5.9 (0.9–69.3)
astA	27	21	6	1.1 (0.3–3.7)	13	15	1.6 (0.6–4.7)
pic	46	36	10	1.5 (0.4–6.0)	20	26	1.8 (0.4–7.0)
pet	15	14	1	5.8 (0.8–66.1)	8	8	1.7 (0.6–5.0)
sat	17	15	2	2.9 (0.6–14.5)	9	8	2.0 (0.6–5.9)
sepA	20	17	3	2.2 (0.6–8.1)	9	11	1.3 (0.4–4.0)

^*Visits 4 and 5 were 7 and 21 days after the first visit, respectively.

^∧N/A, not applicable.

⁼Any AAF gene.

^#Does not include aap-like gene+ isolates.

^♦P = 0.008.