TABLE 7.
Occurrence of mixed infections with enteric pathogens significantly associated with diarrhea
| Pathogen | No. of patients positive | No. (%) with mixed infection | No. (%) with mixed infection with:
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| Rotavirus | C. jejuni | ETEC | EPEC | Aeromonas spp. | Shigella spp. | V. cholerae O1 | V. cholerae O139 | ETBF | C. difficile | C. parvum | |||
| Rotavirus | 165 | 83 (50.3) | NAa | 25 (15.2) | 28 (17.0) | 16 (9.7) | 15 (9.1) | 2 (1.2) | 6 (3.6) | 3 (1.8) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| C. jejuni | 142 | 96 (67.6) | 25 (17.6) | NA | 27 (19.0) | 20 (14.1) | 19 (13.4) | 12 (8.5) | 7 (4.9) | 4 (2.8) | 4 (2.8) | 1 (0.7) | 4 (2.8) |
| ETEC | 137 | 75 (54.8) | 28 (20.4) | 27 (19.0) | NA | 6 (4.4) | 16 (11.7) | 6 (4.4) | 7 (5.1) | 4 (2.9) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (2.2) |
| EPEC | 99 | 53 (53.5) | 16 (16.2) | 20 (20.2) | 6 (6.1) | NA | 7 (7.1) | 7 (7.1) | 4 (4.0) | 3 (3.0) | 4 (4.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Aeromonas spp. | 99 | 58 (58.6) | 15 (15.2) | 20 (20.2) | 16 (16.2) | 7 (7.1) | NA | 8 (8.1) | 2 (2.0) | 5 (5.1) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.0) |
| Shigella spp. | 75 | 36 (48.0) | 2 (2.7) | 11 (14.7) | 6 (8.0) | 7 (9.3) | 8 (10.7) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.0) | 5 (6.7) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| V. cholerae O1 | 37 | 21 (56.8) | 6 (16.2) | 7 (18.9) | 8 (21.6) | 4 (10.8) | 2 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.4) |
| V. cholerae O139 | 34 | 21 (61.8) | 3 (8.8) | 4 (11.8) | 4 (11.8) | 3 (8.8) | 4 (11.8) | 3 (8.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) |
| ETBF | 28 | 17 (60.7) | 1 (3.6) | 4 (14.3) | 1 (3.6) | 4 (14.3) | 1 (3.6) | 5 (17.9) | 1 (3.6) | 2 (7.1) | NA | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| C. difficile | 13 | 7 (53.9) | 2 (18.2) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| C. parvum | 11 | 8 (72.7) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (30.8) | 3 (23.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (15.4) | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA |
a
NA, not applicable.