Table 2

Potential enteropathogens identified in patients (n = 243) and population controls (n = 124)


Study group
Control group

odds ratiob
p-valuec
Enteropathogens
No. of findings(%)
No. of findings (%)
adjusted for age and sex (95 % CI)


Virusesa
178 (73.3)
57 (46.0)
3.27 (2.1 to 5.2)
< 0.0001
Rotavirus
133 (54.7)
15 (12.1)
7.73 (4.2 to 14.2)
< 0.0001
Adenovirus
67 (27.6)
39 (31.5)
1.12 (0.7 to 1.9)
0.7
Norovirus
23 (9.5)
11 (8.9)
0.84 (0.4 to 1.8)
0.7
Astrovirus
11 (4.5)
2 (1.6)
2.53 (0.6 to 11.7)
0.2





Parasitesa
12 (4.9)
16 (12.9)
0.56 (0.2 to 1.3)
0.2
Giardia lamblia
9 (3.7)
12 (9.7)
0.56 (0.2 to 1.5)
0.2
Cryptosporidium sp.
1 (0.4)
1 (0.8)
-
-
Hymenolepis nana
2 (0.8)
1 (0.8)
-
-
Strongyloides stercoralis
1 (0.4)
1 (0.8)
-
-
Ancylostoma duodenale
1 (0.4)
1 (0.8)
-
-





Bacteriaa
12 (4.8)
2 (1.6)
4.8 (0.9 to 27.0)
0.07
Salmonella enterica sp.
6 (2.4)
0 (0.0)
-
-
Campylobacter sp.
2 (0.8)
1 (0.8)
-
-
Shigella sp.
4 (1.6)
1 (0.8)
-
-

a including double infections

b "-" odds ratio was not computed if n ≤ 1 in study or control group;

c "-" not significant

Reither et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:104   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-104