Table 3 Age groups and clinical characteristics by pathogens of 181 diarrheal children with a single pathogen (151 children) or several (30 children) enteric pathogens
From: Bacterial and viral etiology of childhood diarrhea in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Characteristics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microbes | Number of cases | Age in months | Diarrhea type | Symptoms | |||||
0-12 | 13-24 | 25-59 | Watery | Bloody | aFever | Vomiting | Dehydration | ||
Bacteria | 78 | 27(35) | 27(32) | 24(33) | 75(96) | 3(4) | 46(59) | 46(59) | 34(43) |
DECb | 41 | 21(51) | 12(29) | 8(20) | 40(98) | 1(2) | 17(41) | 20(49) | 10(24) |
Salmonella spp. | 20 | 3(15) | 8(40) | 9(45) | 20(100) | 0(0) | 15(75) | 14(70) | 13(65) |
Shigella spp. | 14 | 3(21) | 6(43) | 5(36) | 13(97) | 1(7) | 13(87) | 9(60) | 9(60) |
Campylobacter spp. | 3 | 0(0) | 1(33) | 2(67) | 2(67) | 1(33) | 2(50) | 3(75) | 2(67) |
Virus | 73 | 44(60) | 22(30) | 7(10) | 73(100) | 0(0) | 50(68) | 44(60) | 24(37) |
Rotavirus | 65 | 42(65) | 20(31) | 3(5) | 65(100) | 0(0) | 46(71) | 40(62) | 22(34) |
Adenovirus | 8 | 2(25) | 2(25) | 4(50) | 8(100) | 0(0) | 4(50) | 4(50) | 2(25) |
Co-infection | 30 | 7(23) | 10(33) | 13(43) | 28(93) | 2(7) | 20(67) | 20(63) | 18(60) |
Total | 181 | 78(43) | 59(33) | 44(24) | 176(97) | 5(3) | 116(64) | 110(61) | 76(42) |