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Table 3 Stool microscopic examination for WBCs and RBCs for 6 pathogens with significantly higher detection percentages in cases than in controls

From: Epidemiology and etiology of Traveler’s diarrhea in Bangkok, Thailand, a case-control study

 

Moderate or many WBCs compare to negative blood cell

Moderate or many RBCs compare to negative blood cell

N (%)

Adjusted ORa (95%CI)

N (%)

Adjusted ORa (95%CI)

Campylobacter

34/51 (67%)

6.39 (2.52, 16.19)

19/51 (37%)

2.38 (1.15, 4.91)

Shigella

10/12 (83%)

9.76 (1.21, 78.96)

8/12 (67%)

22.30 (2.69, 184.58)

Vibrio

26/47 (55%)

2.47 (1.15, 5.34)

17/47 (36%)

2.73 (1.28, 5.82)

Plesiomonas

25/51 (49%)

1.76 (0.85, 3.66)

19/51 (37%)

2.30 (1.14, 4.62)

ETEC

7/25 (28%)

0.56 (0.20, 1.58)

1/25 (4%)

0.10 (0.01, 0.76)

Norovirus

13/32 (41%)

1.27 (0.51, 3.13)

9/32 (28%)

1.10 (0.45, 2.68)

  1. aAdjusted by age (years), sex, and a categorical variable for time in Thailand