Table 4 Frequency and age distribution of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli isolated from faecal samples of children with diarrhoeaa
From: Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in mother-child Pairs in Ile-Ife, South Western Nigeria
Age (mths) | No of Children (126) | Total isolates (65) | Types of Diarrhoeagenic E. coli | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EPEC (n = 7) | EAEC (n = 10) | ETEC (n = 20) | STEC (n = 24) | EHEC (n = 4) | |||
0–6 | 25 | 8 (32) | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 5 (20) | 0 (0) |
7–12 | 57 | 32 (56.1) | 4 (7) | 4 (7) | 11 (19.3) | 10 (17.5) | 3 (5.3) |
13–24 | 33 | 23 (69.7) | 1 (3) | 5 (15.2) | 8 (24.2) | 8 (24.2) | 1 (3) |
25–60 | 11 | 2 (18.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0) |