Co-infection with Campylobacter and rotavirus in less than 5 year old children with acute gastroenteritis in Nepal during 2017–2018

Table 3 Clinical features in different infections in multivariate analysis

Clinical features	Rotavirus only		Campylobacter only		Co-infection
Clinical features	AOR (95%CI)	p-value	AOR (95%CI)	p-value	AOR (95%CI)	p-value
Stool/day
3–6	2.60 (0.79–8.55)	0.115	1.42 (0.47–4.22)	0.526	0.06 (0.01–0.23)	< 0.001
7–9	1.57 (0.56–4.38)	0.385	0.98 (0.38–2.52)	0.971	0.33 (0.13–0.85)	0.021
> 9	1		1		1
Fever
No	1.39 (0.69–2.79)	0.355	2.07 (1.12–3.83)	0.020	0.25 (0.12–0.50)	< 0.001
Yes	1		1		1
Vomiting
No	0.51 (0.16–1.57)	0.241	4.48 (1.99–10.09)	< 0.001	0.26 (0.07–0.88)	0.005
Yes	1		1		1
Dehydration
No-minimal	1		1		1
Mild-moderate	2.53 (0.98–6.52)	0.053	1.22 (0.47–3.15)	0.675	0.29 (0.12–0.73)	0.009
Severe	0	0.999	0	0.999	0	0.999
Abdominal pain
No	2.53 (1.16–5.52)	0.019	1.41 (0.75–2.62)	0.279	0.52 (0.27–1.01)	0.051
Yes	1		1		1
Duration of diarrhea (in days)
< 3	1		1		1
3–5	0.87 (0.41–1.87)	0.737	1.02 (0.52–1.96)	0.952	0.66 (0.33–1.31)	0.241
6–9	0.67 (0.24–1.89)	0.458	0.54 (0.21–1.41)	0.211	1.68 (0.67–4.16)	0.262
> 9	0	0.999	2.15 (0.13–33.69)	0.584	0	0.999
Mucus
Absent	1.39 (0.74–2.61)	0.399	0.81 (0.45–1.49)	0.514	0.46 (0.25–0.86)	0.016
Present	1		1		1
Pus
Absent	7.26 (2.47–21.36)	< 0.001	0.45 (0.25–0.81)	0.008	0.81 (0.43–1.50)	0.508
Present	1		1		1

AOR Adjusted odds ratio, 95%CI 95% confidence interval, NA Not applicable, 1 = Reference

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