Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile, and Associated Risk Factors of Salmonella Isolate among Diarrheal Patients Visiting Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Associations of Salmonella infection and clinical features in diarrheal patients.

Symptoms	Positive (%)	Negative (%)	X^2	Df	values
Fever
Yes	14 (5.5)	238 (94.5)	3.200	1	0.074
No	6 (4.5)	126 (95.5)
Vomiting
Yes	16 (6.8)	220 (93.2)	7.200	1	0.007
No	4 (2.7)	144 (97.3)
Abdominal pain
Yes	18 (6.9)	241 (93.1)	12.800	1	0.000
No	2 (1.6)	123 (98.4)
Consistency of stool
Watery	12 (6.9)	162 (93.1)	13.600	3	0.004
Bloody	2 (4.8)	40 (95.2)
Mucoid	4 (4)	96 (96)
Mixed (blood and mucus)	2 (2.9)	66 (97.1)
Duration of diarrhea (days)
1–5	12 (3.9)	294 (96.1)	7.600	2	0.022
6–10	6 (9.7)	56 (90.3)
11–15	2 (16.7)	10 (83.3)
≥16 days	0.0	4 (100)

Significant at ; X², chi-square; Df, degree of freedom.