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Table 1 Prevalence of enteropathogens among the studied populations.

From: Two or more enteropathogens are associated with diarrhoea in Mexican children

Enteropathogen

Patient group (%) n = 300

Control group (%) n = 80

Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar

211 (70.3)

35 (43.7)

Giardia intestinalis

99 (33.0)

16 (20.0)

Salmonella ohio

85 (28.3)

2 (2.5)

Salmonella typhimurium

49 (16.3)

1 (1.2)

ETEC

40 (13.3)

2 (2.5)

EPEC

28 (9.3)

1 (1.2)

Salmonella infantis

24 (8.0)

0

VTEC

26 (8.6)

1(1.2)

Shigella flexneri

5 (1.6)

0

Shigella sonnei

3 (1.0)

0

EIEC

3 (1.0)

0

Salmonella anatum

2 (0.6)

0

Salmonella Newport

1 (0.3)

0

  1. ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli; EPEC, enteropathogenic E. coli; VTEC, verotoxigenic E. coli; EIEC, enteroinvasive E. coli.