Figure 2.

The maximum number of bowel movements per day (a) and the duration of diarrhea (b, days) in patients with pre-antibiotic diarrhea (Early group), in patients with diarrhea developed during the first 10 days of disease in the first 1 to 4 days of antibiotics use (MidEarly group) and later 4th day of antibiotics use (MidLate group), and in patients with diarrhea developed 10 days after the onset of the disease while taking antibiotics (Late group). The point is mediana, the box contains interquartile range, the whiskers contain range without outliers.