Table 2.
Distribution of Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates According to Pathotypes, Host's Agb, and City of Origin
| Children's age |
City of origin |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤2 years |
>2 years |
Cartagena |
Sincelejo |
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| Pathotypes | No. | % | No. | % | p-Value | No. | % | No. | % | p-Value |
| STEC | 3 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.8 | >0.99 | 1 | 3.6 | 4 | 3.6 | >0.99 |
| EPEC | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | >0.99 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.201 |
| EAEC | 2 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.524 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.8 | >0.99 |
| ETEC | 6 | 6.9 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.251 | 2 | 7.1 | 5 | 4.5 | 0.628 |
| DAEC | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | >0.99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | >0.99 |
| Mix | 3 | 3.5 | 1 | 1.9 | >0.99 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.6 | 0.582 |
| Negative | 70 | 81.4 | 49 | 92.5 | 0.084 | 24 | 85.7 | 95 | 85.6 | >0.99 |
| Total | 86 | 100 | 53 | 100 | 28 | 100 | 111 | 100 | ||