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

Table 4

Proportion of individual pathogens detected among children with and without ADD.

Pathogens	Total		Cases		Controls
		%		%		%
EAEC	9	10.0	6	13.3	3	6.7	0.4845
DAEC	2	2.2	2	4.4	0	0.0	0.4944
EPEC	3	3.3	1	2.2	2	4.4	1
EIEC	1	1.1	1	2.2	0	0.0	1
ETEC	2	2.2	1	2.2	1	2.2	1
Salmonella	5	5.6	4	8.9	1	2.2	0.36
Rotavirus	2	2.2	2	4.4	0	0.0	0.4944
Adenovirus	2	2.2	2	4.4	0	0.0	0.4944
Astrovirus	1	1.1	0	0.0	1	2.2	1
Sapovirus	3	3.3	1	2.2	2	4.4	1
Norovirus	6	6.7	3	6.7	3	6.7	1
Entamoeba spp.	4	4.4	3	6.7	1	2.2	0.6164
Giardia lamblia	4	4.4	1	2.2	3	6.7	0.6164

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/Entamoeba dispar; Fisher’s Exact-Boschloo test was applied for analysis in this table.