Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Diarrheal Disease due to Aeromonas hydrophila and Plesiomonas shigelloides Infections Compared with Those due to Vibrio cholerae Non-O1 and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Bangladesh
Table 1
Demographic and clinical features of patients treated at International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh with stool cultures yielding only Aeromonas hydrophila, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Vibrio cholerae non-O1, or Vibrio parahaemolyticus, 1996–2001.
Comparison
Factor
A. hydrophila versus V. cholerae non-O1 or V. parahaemolyticus
P. shigelloides versus V. cholerae non-O1 or V. parahaemolyticus
()
()
()
()
()
()
Number (%)
Number (%)
value*
Number (%)
value*
Number (%)
Number (%)
value*
Number (%)
value*
Age: 15 years
111 (59)
43 (43)
<0.02
13 (10)
<0.01
106 (42)
43 (43)
—
13 (10)
<0.01
Male
102 (54)
65 (65)
—
83 (66)
<0.04
150 (59)
65 (65)
—
83 (66)
—
Fever (temp ≥ 37.8°C)
13 (7)
7 (7)
—
6 (5)
—
16 (6)
7 (7)
—
6 (5)
—
Abdominal pain
90 (48)
60 (60)
<0.05
113 (90)
<0.01
149 (59)
60 (60)
—
113 (90)
<0.01
Vomiting
145 (77)
80 (80)
—
118 (94)
<0.01
187 (74)
80 (80)
—
118 (94)
<0.01
Duration diarrhea before arrival: 3 days
150 (79)
83 (83)
—
121 (96)
<0.01
209 (83)
83 (83)
—
121 (96)
<0.01
11 + stools/24 hours±
92 (49)
38 (38)
—
40 (32)
<0.01
100 (40)
38 (38)
—
40 (32)
—
Dehydration: some/severe
92 (49)
62 (62)
<0.03
110 (87)
<0.01
122 (48)
62 (62)
<0.02
110 (87)
<0.01
Intravenous hydration
44 (23)
38 (38)
<0.01
44 (35)
<0.03
46 (18)
38 (38)
<0.01
44 (35)
<0.01
Watery stool
174 (92)
94 (94)
—
120 (95)
—
223 (88)
94 (94)
—
120 (95)
—
Visible blood in stool
8 (4)
3 (3)
—
37 (29)
<0.01
12 (5)
3 (3)
—
37 (29)
<0.01
Visible mucus in stools
148 (78)
74 (74)
—
110 (87)
—
199 (79)
74 (74)
—
110 (87)
—
>20 red blood cells per high power field (stool)
9 (5)
4 (4)
—
23 (18)
<0.01
16 (7)
4 (4)
—
23 (18)
<0.01
>20 white blood cells per high power field (stool)
43 (23)
24 (24)
—
63 (50)
<0.01
65 (26)
24 (24)
—
63 (50)
<0.01
Duration stay 1 day
151 (84)
86 (91)
—
119 (97)
<0.01
219 (90)
86 (91)
—
119 (97)
—
Illness cured
91 (48)
53 (53)
—
43 (34)
<0.02
108 (43)
53 (53)
—
43 (34)
—
*Chi-square test; “—”: value 0.05. ±All patients in study had 3 stools per 24 hours.
