Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Research Article

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Associated with Acute Gastroenteritis in Children from Soriano, Uruguay

Table 2

Clinical findings as related to etiology of diarrhea.


	Children with single identified pathogen¹ ()				Children without identified pathogen¹ ()
	aEPEC ()	EIEC ()	STEC ()	Virus² ()	Children without identified pathogen¹ ()

Children with
Watery diarrhea	6 (60%)	—	—	10 (76, 9%)	7 (13.2%)
Semiliquid diarrhea	—	—	—	—	28 (52.8%)
Bloody diarrhea	3 (30%)	1 (33.3%)	1 (100%)		—
Mucoid stools	1 (10%)	2 (66.6%)	—	3 (23.1%)	18 (34%)
Abdominal pain	4 (40%)	2 (66.6%)	1 (100%)	6 (46.2%)	6 (11.3%)
Fever	2 (20%)	2 (66.6%)	1 (100%)	5 (35.5%)	5 (9.4%)
Vomiting	1 (10%)	—	—	6 (46.2%)	7 (13.2%)
Fecal leucocytes³	1 (10%)	2 (66.6%)	—	—	—

¹No child was vaccinated against rotavirus at the time of entering to the study; ²considering together: rotavirus in 10 children and adenovirus in 3; ³significant presence of fecal leucocytes (++ or +++). —, no child showed those conditions.