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Table 2 Symptoms and signs other than diarrhea in 30 volunteers experimentally infected with ETEC strain TW10598

From: Experimental infection of healthy volunteers with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coliwild-type strain TW10598 in a hospital ward

Target dose (CFU)

1 × 106

1 × 107

1 × 108

1 × 109

No. of volunteers

3

8

7

12

Nausea

1 (33%)

5 (63%)

5 (71%)

7 (58%)

Abdominal pain

0

4 (50%)

7 (100%)

7 (58%)

Abdominal cramping

0

1 (13%)

7 (100%)

6 (50%)

Excessive flatus

1 (33%)

1 (13%)

5 (71%)

5 (42%)

Decreased appetite

0

2 (25%)

5 (71%)

5 (42%)

Bloating

1 (33%)

0

0

6 (50%)

Vomiting

0

1 (13%)

0

2 (17%)

Constipation

0

0

0

1 (8%)

Headache

2 (67%)

2 (25%)

4 (57%)

5 (42%)

Malaise

0

2 (25%)

4 (57%)

5 (42%)

Fever

0

4 (50%)

1 (14%)

2 (17%)

Chills

0

1 (13%)

1 (14%)

4 (33%)

Myalgias

0

1 (13%)

0

4 (33%)

Lightheadedness

0

2 (25%)

0

1 (8%)

Hypovolemia

0

0

0

0