TABLE 4.
Comparison of isolation of selected enteric pathogens from 145 children with diarrhea and 169 controls who were between 25 and 60 months old
| Organism | No. (%) of infected children
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrheal | Control | ||
| Rotavirus | 13 (9.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.0002 |
| C. jejuni | 27 (18.6) | 18 (10.7) | 0.065 |
| ETEC | 20 (13.8) | 12 (7.1) | 0.077 |
| EPEC | 7 (4.8) | 3 (1.8) | 0.196 |
| Aeromonas spp. | 28 (19.3) | 11 (6.5) | 0.001 |
| Shigella spp. | 21 (14.5) | 9 (5.3) | 0.010 |
| V. cholerae O1 | 14 (9.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0.0001 |
| V. cholerae O139 | 19 (13.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.0001 |
| ETBF | 6 (4.1) | 1 (0.6) | 0.052 |
| EAEC | 5 (3.5) | 3 (1.8) | 0.478 |
| DAEC | 10 (6.9) | 8 (4.7) | 0.563 |