Table 2.
Isolation of pathogens in adult diarrhoeal patients in urban and rural healthcare facilities, Bangladesh, 2010–2011
| Aetiological agents | Elderly (⩾60 years) | Adults (20–59 years) | P valuea | P valueb | P valuec | P valued | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban, n = 379 (%) | Rural, n = 360 (%) | Urban, n = 3064 (%) | Rural, n = 1251(%) | |||||
| Shigella | 18 (4·7) | 39 (10·8) | 69 (2·3) | 71 (5·7) | 0·002 | <0·001 | 0·005 | 0·001 |
| S. flexneri | 11 (2·9) | 31 (8·6) | 39 (1·2) | 48 (3·8) | 0·001 | <0·001 | 0·012 | <0·001 |
| S. sonnei | 3 (0·8) | 2 (0·6) | 6 (0·2) | 9 (0·7) | 1·00 | 0·007 | 0·056 | 1·00 |
| S. boydii | 4 (1·1) | 4 (1·1) | 18 (0·6) | 11 (0·9) | 1·00 | 0·712 | 0·275 | 0·755 |
| S. dysenteriae | 0 | 2 (0·6) | 6 (0·2) | 3 (0·2) | — | 0·283 | — | 0·312 |
| Vibrio cholerae | 45 (11·8) | 28 (7·7) | 612 (19·9) | 146 (11·7) | 0·082 | <0·001 | 0·001 | 0·042 |
| ETEC | 21/240 (8·8) | 12/190 (6·3) | 172/1 837 (9·4) | 22/644 (3·4) | 0·447 | <0·001 | 0·849 | 0·117 |
| Rotavirus | 17 (4·5) | 12 (3·3) | 165 (5·4) | 42 (3·4) | 0·541 | 0·024 | 0·751 | 0·899 |
| Mixed pathogens | 26 (6·8) | 1 (0·3) | 285 (9·3) | 20 (1·6) | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·278 | 0·062 |
| Non-identified/tested pathogens | 253 (66·8) | 251 (69·3) | 1 823 (59·5) | 887 (70·9) | 0·407 | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·609 |
ETEC, Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
a
Comparison between urban and rural facilities for elderly patients aged ⩾60 years.
b
Comparison between urban and rural facilities for adult patients aged 20–59 years.
c
Comparison between all adults and elderly patients attending urban diarrhoeal facilities.
d
Comparison between all adults and elderly patients attending rural diarrhoeal facilities.