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Table 5 Comparison of Ct values in faeces and rectal swabs in children with or without diarrhoea

From: Comparison of rectal swabs and faeces for real-time PCR detection of enteric agents in Rwandan children with gastroenteritis

 

Diarrhoea (n = 207)

No diarrhoea (n = 119)

 

Mean Ct differencea

n

P value

Mean Ct differencea

n

P value

ETEC-eltB

3.61

47

<0.0001

1.03

50

0.09

ETEC-est A

3.11

24

<0.0001

2.76

13

0.02

E. coli bfpA

2.27

28

0.0002

1.63

10

0.20

E. coli eae

2.40

30

0.0001

-0.93

26

0.1662

Shigella

2.41

34

<0.0004

-1.64

20

0.1008

Campylobacter

-0.61

30

0.50

-0.69

27

0.36

Cryptosporidium

3.09

16

0.002

-0.06

6

0.96

Rotavirus

2.25

37

0.0008

 

0

 

Norovirus GG2

2.21

12

0.04

-0.39

5

0.72

Adenovirus

0.43

12

0.71

-0.69

53

0.087

  1. aCt value in rectal swab–Ct value in faeces.
  2. Comparison of subset of cases that were reactive in both faeces and rectal swabs.
  3. P values by paired t test.
  4. GG2, genogroup 2.
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