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Table 2 Percentage of enteric pathogens isolated from diarrhea cases and controls during Operation Cobra Gold, 2002–2004

From: Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter and other diarrheal pathogens isolated from US military personnel deployed to Thailand in 2002–2004: a case–control study

Pathogen

Cases n (%) (N = 155)

Controls n (%) (N = 62)

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-valuea

Aeromonas spp.

2

(1)

1

(2)

0.80

(0.07–8.96)

1.00

Campylobacter spp.

54

(35)

2

(3)

16.04

(3.77–68.18)

<0.01

C. jejuni

45

(29)

1

(2)

24.96

(3.36–185.53)

<0.01

C. coli

10

(6)

0

 

-

 

0.07

C. spp

0

 

1

(2)

-

 

0.29

Diarrheagenic E. coli

29

(19)

6

(10)

2.15

(0.84–5.47)

0.15

 ETEC

17

(11)

1

(2)

7.51

(0.98–57.74)

0.03

  LTST

0

 

1

(2)

-

 

0.29

  ST

17

(11)

0

 

-

 

<0.01

 EPEC

11

(7)

4

(6)

1.11

(0.34–3.62)

1.00

 EAEC

4

(3)

1

(2)

1.62

(0.18–14.75)

1.00

P. shigelloides

21

(14)

1

(2)

9.56

(1.26–72.70)

0.01

Non-typhoidal Salmonella spp.

36

(23)

10

(16)

1.57

(0.73–3.41)

0.28

V. parahaemolyticus

7

(5)

1

(2)

2.89

(0.35–23.95)

0.45

Adenovirus

1

(0.6)

0

 

-

 

1.00

No Enteric Pathogen Identified

45

(29)

47

(76)

0.13

(0.07–0.26)

<0.01

>1 Enteric Pathogen Detected

36

(23)

5

(8)

3.45

(1.29–9.26)

0.01

  1. aFisher’s exact