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Table 5 Pathogens tested for in stool samples submitted to diagnostic laboratories

From: Diagnostic testing practices for diarrhoeal cases in South African public hospitals

 

Total (n = 1 311)

Urban site (n = 1 222)

Rural sites (n = 89)

p-value

Salmonella spp.

1309 (99.9%)

1220 (99.8%)

89 (100.0%)

0.702

Shigella spp.

1308 (99.8%)

1219 (99.8%)

89 (100.0%)

0.640

Parasites

1210 (92.3%)

1133 (92.7%)

77 (86.5%)

0.034

Campylobacter spp.

873 (66.6%)

872 (71.4%)

1 (1.1%)

< 0.001

EHEC

677 (51.6%)

676 (55.3%)

1 (1.1%)

< 0.001

C. difficile

375 (28.6%)

374 (30.6%)

1 (1.1%)

< 0.001

Rotavirus

220 (16.8%)

220 (18.0%)

0 (0.0%)

< 0.001

Adenovirus

206 (15.7%)

206 (16.9%)

0 (0.0%)

< 0.001

Vibrio cholerae

93 (7.1%)

7 (0.6%)

86 (96.6%)

< 0.001

Vibrio spp.

90 (6.9%)

6 (0.5%)

84 (94.4%)

< 0.001

EPEC

64 (4.9%)

64 (5.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0.027

Astrovirus

40 (3.1%)

40 (3.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0.083

Norovirus

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

  1. P-values < 0.05 indicated in bold