Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Associated with Diarrhea in Children in Cairo, Egypt

Table 1

Age and sex of 134 children with diarrhea and positive EPEC in different age groups.

Age/month	Number of samples	Females no. (%)	Males no. (%)	Total positive no. (%) 𝑃=0.018
<6	53	23 (42)	30 (38)	4 (7.5)
7–12	40	18 (33)	22 (28)	0 (0.0)
13–24	25	9 (16)	16 (20)	0 (0.0)
25–60*	16	5 (9)	11 (14)	3 (18.7)
Total	134	55 (41)	79 (59)	7 (5.2)

*2 EPEC isolated from 2-year-old boy and 1 from 3-year-old. 𝑃<0.05.