Case-Control Pilot Study on Acute Diarrheal Disease in a Geographically Defined Pediatric Population in a Middle Income Country

Table 3

Proportion of infected subjects by either single or multiple pathogen (coinfections) in a case-control study.

Pathogens	Total		Cases		Controls
		%		%		%
EAEC	6	6.7	3	6.7	3	6.7	1
DAEC	2	2.2	2	4.4	0	0.0	0.49
EPEC	3	3.3	1	2.2	2	4.4	1
EIEC	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1
ETEC	2	2.2	1	2.2	1	2.2	1
Salmonella	3	3.3	2	4.4	1	2.2	1
Rotavirus	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1
Adenovirus	2	2.2	2	4.4	0	0.0	0.494
Astrovirus	1	1.1	0	0.0	1	2.2	1
Sapovirus	2	2.2	1	2.2	1	2.2	1
Norovirus	3	3.3	0	0.0	3	6.7	0.241
Entamoeba spp.	2	2.2	1	2.2	1	2.2	1
Giardia lamblia	3	3.3	1	2.2	2	4.4	1
Coinfections	7	7.7	6	13.3	1	2.2	0.11
Negative	54	60	25	55.6	29	64.4	0.52
Total	90	100.0	45	100.0	45	100.0	1

EAEC = enteroaggregative E. coli, DAEC = diffusely adherent E. coli, EPEC = enteropathogenic E. coli, EIEC = enteroinvasive E. coli, ETEC = enterotoxigenic E. coli, Entamoeba spp. = Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar; Fisher’s Exact-Boschloo test was applied for analysis in this table.