Table 1 Distribution of Shigella and Salmonella by age and sex isolated from children aged below five years with diarrhea at NEMM Hospital, Hosanna town, South Ethiopia, 2017
Variable | Salmonella spp. (n = 2) | Shigella spp. (n = 17) | Total positive (n = 19) No (%) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive No (%) | Negative No (%) | Positive No (%) | Negative No (%) | |||
Age(month) | ||||||
< 6 | 0 (0) | 13 (100) | 0 (0) | 13 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.181 |
6–11 | 0 (0) | 8 (100) | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | 1 (5.3) | |
12–23 | 2 (3.4) | 57 (96.6) | 3 (5.1) | 56 (94.9) | 5 (26.3) | |
24–35 | 0 (0) | 88 (100) | 10 (11.4) | 78 (88.6) | 10 (52.6) | |
36–47 | 0 (0) | 29 (100) | 2 (6.9) | 27 (93.1) | 2 (10.5) | |
48–59 | 0 (0) | 7 (100) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (5.3) | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 1 (1) | 100 (99) | 7 (6.8) | 94 (91.2) | 8 (42.1) | 0.811 |
Female | 1 (1) | 102 (99) | 10 (9.7) | 93 (90.3) | 11 (57.9) | |