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Table 1 Age group wise isolation of enteric pathogen

From: Emerging trends in the etiology of enteric pathogens as evidenced from an active surveillance of hospitalized diarrhoeal patients in Kolkata, India

 

Age <5 years

  

Pathogen*

0 - 11 month

(n = 245)

12 - 23 month

(n = 227)

24 - 59 month

(n = 176)

Total Age <5 yr

(n = 648)

Age ≥ 5 yr

(n =1871)

All Age Group

(n = 2519)

 

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

Bacteria

      

V. cholerae O1

22(9)

34(15)

50(28.4)

106(16.4)

548(29.3)

654(26)

V. cholerae O139

    

2(0.1)

2(0.1)

V. cholerae non-O1, non-O139

2(0.8)

1(0.4)

1(0.6)

4(0.6)

51(2.7)

55(2.2)

V. parahaemolyticus

1(0.4)

 

2(1.1)

3(0.5)

71(3.8)

74(2.9)

V. fluvialis

3(1.2)

7(3.1)

1(0.6)

11(1.7)

44(2.4)

55(2.2)

Aeromonas spp.

1(0.4)

2(0.9)

1(0.6)

4(0.6)

21(1.1)

25(1)

Campylobacter jejuni

18(7.3)

22(9.7)

20(11.4)

60(9.3)

58(3.1)

118(4.7)

C. coli

1(0.4)

 

1(0.6)

2(0.3)

20(1.1)

22(0.9)

Shigella spp

8(3.3)

21(9.3)

22(12.5)

51(7.9)

103(5.5)

154(6.1)

Salmonella spp.

 

1(0.4)

1(0.6)

2(0.3)

21(1.1)

23(0.9)

EPEC

11(4.5)

8(3.5)

2(1.1)

21(3.2)

24(1.3)

45(1.8)

ETEC

9(3.7)

13(5.7)

5(2.8)

27(4.2)

87(4.6)

114(4.5)

EAEC

32(13.1)

28(12.3)

18(10.2)

78(12)

81(4.3)

159(6.3)

Virus

      

Rotavirus

130(53.1)

134(59)

48(27.3)

312(48.1)

181(9.7)

493(19.6)

Adenovirus

37(15.1)

26(11.5)

12(6.8)

75(11.6)

51(2.7)

126(5)

Norovirus G1

 

2(0.9)

 

2(0.3)

4(0.2)

6(0.2)

Norovirus G2

13(5.3)

10(4.4)

6(3.4)

29(4.5)

43(2.3)

72(2.9)

Sapovirus

13(5.3)

4(1.8)

4(2.3)

21(3.2)

20(1.1)

41(1.6)

Astrovirus

6(2.4)

7(3.1)

5(2.8)

18(2.8)

41(2.2)

59(2.3)

Parasite

      

Blastocystis hominis

    

11(0.6)

11(0.4)

Entamaeba histolytica

8(3.3)

13(5.7)

5(2.8)

26(4)

56(3)

82(3.3)

Giardia lamblia

25(10.2)

34(15)

33(18.8)

92(14.2)

189(10.1)

281(11.2)

Cryptosporidium spp.

37(15.1)

22(9.7)

12(6.8)

71(11)

87(4.6)

158(6.3)

  1. *STEC and EIEC were negative in all stool specimens