Table 1 Demographic and Clinical characteristics of the study subjects
Characteristics | No (%) |
|---|---|
Demographics | |
Boys | 116(58.29) |
Girls | 83(41.71) |
Age (year) | |
0–1 | 129 (64.82) |
1–5 | 42(21.11) |
≥ 5 | 28(14.6) |
Patients | |
Out-patients | 23(88.44) |
In-patients | 176(11.56) |
Course of disease (week) | |
2–8 | 163(85.34) |
≥ 8 | 28(14.66) |
Appearance of diarrhea | |
watery /loose | 139(72.78) |
Mucoid / bloody | 60(30.15) |
Defecation frequency (Times / day) | |
3–5 | 77 (38.69) |
5–10 | 82(41.21) |
≥ 10 | 40(20.10) |
Use of antibiotics | |
Used | 151(75.88) |
Unused | 48(24.12) |
Stool culture | |
not done | 50(25.13) |
negative | 114(57.29) |
positive | 35(17.59) |
Diarrhea type | |
Simple diarrhea+ | 109(54.77) |
Secondary diarrhea* | 90(45.23) |