Table 1 Demographic, clinical and microbiological characteristics of 46 children aged 1–30 months hospitalized with acute diarrhea and STEC infection
Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Males | 31 (67.4%) |
Females | 15 (32.6%) |
Age (months) | |
Mean (standard deviation) | 10.3 (6.5) |
1–5 | 13 (28.3%) |
6–11 | 15 (32.6%) |
12–30 | 18 (39.1%) |
Ethnicity | |
Caucasian | 29 (63.0%) |
Roma | 17 (37.0%) |
Gestational age at birth | |
Term delivery | 40 (87.0%) |
Low grade premature | 6 (13.0%) |
Birth weight (kg) | |
2.2–2.4 | 6 (13.0%) |
2.5–4.2 | 40 (87.0%) |
Clinical manifestation | |
Diarrhea | 46 (100.0%) |
Bloody diarrhea | 15 (32.6%) |
Vomiting | 24 (52.2%) |
Fever ≥ 38 °C | 23 (50.0%) |
White blood cells (cells/mcL) | |
< 10,000 | 28 (60.9%) |
≥ 10,000 | 18 (39.1%) |
Neutrophils (cells/mcL) | |
1400–4600 | 23 (50.0%) |
4601–13,000 cells/mcL | 23 (50.0%) |
Hemoglobin, gr/dL | |
< 11 | 17 (37.0%) |
≥ 11 | 29 (63.0%) |
C reactive protein | |
< 1 | 44 (95.7%) |
≥1 | 2 (4.3%) |
Duration of hospitalization (days) | |
Minimum–maximum | 1–14 |
Median (interquartile range) | 5 (2) |
Mixed infection | |
With rotavirus | 13 (28.2%) |
With adenovirus | 7 (15.2%) |
With Salmonella | 1 (2.1%) |