Clinical Study

Clinical and Microbiological Profile of HIV/AIDS Cases with Diarrhea in North India

Table 2

Duration of diarrhea in study subjects.

DurationHIV seropositive
No. (percentage)
( )
HIV seronegative
No. (percentage)
( )
value
(chi-square test)

<1 week (acute diarrhea)32 (20.78%)36 (72.00%) 0.0001
1-2 weeks (persistent diarrhea)29 (18.83%)8 (16.00%) 0.810
>2weeks (chronic diarrhea)93 (60.39%)6 (12.00%) 0.0001