Table 1 Isolation of pathogens (DEC strains by multiplex PCR) from the stools of children with diarrhea (cases) and children without diarrhea (controls)
Pathogen | Children aged <2 years | Children aged 2−5 years | Children aged 6−10 years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | Total no. of children | |
(n= 40) | (n= 110) | (n= 53) | (n= 163) | (n= 48) | (n= 146) | (n= 560) | |
Diarrheagenic E. coli | |||||||
aEPEC | 7 (17.5) | 13 (11.9) | 5 (9.4) | 13 (7.9) | 4 (8.3) | 7 (4.8) | 49 (8.7) |
tEPEC | 1 (2.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (4.2) | 0 | 3 (0.5) |
EAEC | 20 (50) | 25 (22.7) | 12 (22.6) | 33 (20.2) | 4 (8.3) | 23 (15.7) | 117 (20.9) |
DAEC | 5 (12.5) | 10 (9.1) | 15 (28.3) | 18 (11.0)a | 6 (12.5) | 11 (7.5) | 65 (11.6) |
LT-ETEC | 2 (5.0) | 1 (0.9) | 3 (5.7) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (2.1) | 4 (2.7) | 13 (2.3) |
LT/ST-ETEC | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.9) | 0 | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 2 (0.4) |
EIEC | 0 | 0 | 2 (3.8) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 3 (0.5) |
STEC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.2) |
All | 35 (87.5) | 49 (44.5)b | 38 (71.7) | 67 (41.1)c | 18 (37.5) | 46 (31.5) | 253 (45.2) |
Shigella spp. | 1 (2.5) | 0 | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 0 | 4 (0.7) |
Salmonella spp. | 0 | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.2) |
Giardia lamblia | 6 (15) | 5 (4.5) | 3 (5.7) | 8 (4.9) | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 23 (4.1) |
Entamoeba histolytica | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.9) | 3 (1.8) | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 5 (0.9) |