Isolation and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Campylobacter Species among Diarrheic Children at Jimma, Ethiopia

Table 2

Isolation of Campylobacter spp. by clinical data and risk factors among under-five children with diarrhea at Jimma University Specialized Hospital (JUSH) and Jimma Health Center (JHC), Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, July–October 2012.

Clinical variables	Isolation of Campylobacter spp.				𝑃 value
	Positive		Negative
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Fever
Yes	31	21.8	111	78.2	0.013^b
no	7	8.2	78	91.8
Vomiting
Yes	19	18.3	85	81.7	0.697
no	19	15.4	104	84.6
Tenesmus
Yes	18	15.5	98	84.5	0.744
no	20	18.0	91	82.0
Abdominal pain
Yes	35	17.7	163	82.3	0.430^c
no	3	10.3	26	89.7
Duration of diarrhea in days
1–5	31	18.8	134	81.2	0.559
6–10	4	9.5	38	90.5
11–15	2	18.2	9	81.8
≥16	1	11.1	8	88.9
Consistency of stool
Watery	13	15.7	70	84.3	0.001^b
Mucoid	14	11.6	107	88.4
Bloody	9	52.9	8	47.1
Mixed (mucus and blood)	2	33.3	4	66.7
Contact with domestic animals
Yes	25	23.8	80	76.2	0.014^b
no	13	10.7	109	89.3
Consuming raw milk
Yes	4	36.4	7	63.6	0.092^c
no	34	15.7	182	84.3
Source of drinking water
Unprotected	7	26.9	19	73.1	0.162^c
Protected	31	15.4	170	84.6
Contact history with diarrheic person
Yes	1	8.3	11	91.7	0.696^c
no	37	17.2	178	82.8

bStatistically significant; cFisher’s exact test.