Table 2 Detection rates by real-time PCR of 326 paired faeces and rectal swab samples in samples from subjects with or without diarrhoea
Diarrhoea (n = 207) | No diarrhoea (n = 119) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Faeces | Rectal swab | P value | Faeces | Rectal swab | P value | |||||
ETEC-eltB | 38% | (78) | 29% | (60) | 0.06 | 47% | (56) | 42% | (50) | >0.30 |
ETEC-estA | 16% | (34) | 15% | (31) | >0.30 | 10% | (12) | 13% | (16) | >0.30 |
E. coli bfpA | 21% | (44) | 17% | (35) | 0.26 | 7.6% | (9) | 9.2% | (11) | >0.30 |
E. coli eae | 22% | (45) | 22% | (45) | >0.30 | 23% | (27) | 25% | (30) | >0.30 |
Shigella ipaH | 22% | (46) | 19% | (39) | >0.30 | 17% | (20) | 22% | (26) | >0.30 |
Campylobacter | 20% | (42) | 20% | (42) | >0.30 | 22% | (26) | 20% | (24) | >0.30 |
Cryptosporidium | 9.7% | (20) | 9.2% | (19) | >0.30 | 5.0% | (6) | 6.7% | (8) | >0.30 |
Norovirus GG2 | 8.7% | (18) | 8.2% | (17) | >0.30 | 4.2% | (5) | 3.4% | (4) | >0.30 |
Rotavirus | 23% | (48) | 23% | (48) | >0.30 | 0% | (0) | 0.9% | (1) | >0.30 |
Adenovirus | 13% | (26) | 16% | (33) | >0.30 | 50% | (59) | 55% | (65) | >0.30 |