Table 2 Detection of enteric organisms in adult traveler’s diarrhea cases and non-diarrheal controls in Bangkok, Thailand
From: Epidemiology and etiology of Traveler’s diarrhea in Bangkok, Thailand, a case-control study
Case1 | Control1 | p-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
N = 389 | N = 400 | ||
Pathogen isolated | 227 (58%) | 124 (31%) | 0.000 |
Multiple pathogens isolated | 74 (19%) | 21 (5%) | 0.000 |
Number of pathogens isolated | |||
0 | 162 (42%) | 276 (69%) | 0.000 |
1 | 153 (39%) | 103 (26%) | |
2 | 50 (13%) | 19 (5%) | |
3 | 18 (5%) | 2 (0.5%) | |
4 | 6 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
Bacteria | 198 (51%) | 118 (30%) | 0.000 |
Plesiomonas | 55 (14%) | 32 (8%) | 0.006 |
Campylobacter | 53 (14%) | 8 (2%) | 0.000 |
Vibrio | 53 (14%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0.000 |
Salmonella | 46 (12%) | 50 (13%) | 0.772 |
Aeromonas | 18 (5%) | 14 (4%) | 0.422 |
Shigella | 12 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0.000 |
Arcobacter | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0.4933 |
ETEC | 26/325 (8%) | 10/361 (3%) | 0.002 |
EPEC | 16/333 (5%) | 19/373 (5%) | 0.860 |
EIEC | 3/333 (1%) | 0/373 (0%) | 0.1043 |
STEC | 1/333 (0.3%) | 4/373 (1%) | 0.3773 |
Virus | 32 (8%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0.000 |
Norovirus | 32/259 (12%) | 1/292 (0.3%) | 0.000 |
Parasite | 13 (3%) | 8 (2%) | 0.242 |
Giardia | 10/363 (3%) | 8/399 (2%) | 0.496 |
Cryptosporidium | 3/363 (0.7%) | 0/399 (0%) | 0.1083 |