Etiology of childhood diarrhoea among under five children and molecular analysis of antibiotic resistance in isolated enteric bacterial pathogens from a tertiary care hospital, Eastern Odisha, India

Table 2 Prevalence of DEC pathotypes among the age group

DEC	Total	Age (in months)					Overall 2 values^a
DEC	Total	0–6	7–24	25–36	37–48	49–60	Overall 2 values^a
ETEC-LT	13 (16.9)	0	1 (33.3)	1 (20.0)	9 (15.0)	2 (25.0)	20.312188
ETEC-ST	17 (22.1)	0	1 (33.3)	0	16 (26.7)	0	1.766234
ETEC-LT + ST	10 (12.9)	0	1 (33.3)	1 (20.0)	5 (8.3)	3 (37.5)	33.701461
aEPEC	19 (24.7)	0	0	2 (40.0)	16 (26.7)	1 (12.5)	10.480605
tEPEC	14 (18.2)	0	0	1 (20.0)	12 (20)	1 (12.5)	10.142045
EAEC	4 (5.2)	1 (100)	0	0	2 (3.3)	1 (12.5)	10.821834
Total	77	1	3	5	60	8	87.224367

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