From: Intestinal microbial communities associated with acute enteric infections and disease recovery
Community clusters I and II (n = 152) | Community clusters III–V (n = 47) | ||||
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Characteristics | No. (%) of individuals | No. (%) of individuals | P valuea | ||
Age group | 0.17 | ||||
0–2 years (n = 31) | 25 | (16.5) | 6 | (12.8) | |
3–18 years (n = 55) | 44 | (29.0) | 11 | (23.4) | |
19–52 years (n = 76) | 58 | (38.2) | 18 | (38.3) | |
>52 years (n = 37) | 25 | (16.5) | 12 | (25.5) | |
Gender | 0.02 | ||||
Male (n = 104) | 86 | (57.3) | 18 | (38.3) | |
Female (n = 93) | 64 | (42.7) | 29 | (61.7) | |
Symptoms | |||||
No diarrhea (n = 3) | 2 | (1.5) | 1 | (2.3) | 0.03 |
Diarrhea only (n = 91) | 63 | (46.3) | 28 | (65.1) | |
Bloody diarrhea (n = 85) | 71 | (52.2) | 14 | (32.6) | |
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No vomiting (n = 118) | 84 | (62.7) | 34 | (79.1) | 0.05 |
Vomiting (n = 59) | 50 | (37.3) | 9 | (20.9) | |
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No fever (n = 62) | 42 | (33.9) | 20 | (54.1) | 0.03 |
Fever (n = 99) | 82 | (66.1) | 17 | (46.0) | |
Length of hospitalization | 0.67 | ||||
None (n = 126) | 94 | (66.2) | 32 | (74.4) | |
1–2 days (n = 19) | 18 | (12.7) | 1 | (2.3) | |
≥3 days (n = 40) | 30 | (21.1) | 10 | (23.3) | |
Type of pathogen (n = 199) | 0.05 | ||||
Campylobacter (n = 71) | 55 | (36.2) | 16 | (34.0) | |
Salmonella (n = 66) | 49 | (32.2) | 17 | (36.2) | |
Shiga toxin E. coli (n = 28) | 16 | (10.5) | 12 | (25.5) | |
Shigella (n = 34) | 32 | (21.1) | 2 | (4.3) |