Figure 2

Percentage changes in fecal bacteria in children with diarrhea at admission and during and after recovery. Only patients who had unknown etiology and provided three fecal samples were included. The bacterial species with fewer than five determined sequences, or <1% in a given sample, or unrecognized species are not shown. (A) The true percentage value of individual bacterial species in fecal samples of patients with diarrhea sampled at admission and during and after recovery. Each block was divided into three columns by white vertical lines, representing the fecal samples at admission and during and after recovery, respectively. The color value from red to yellow displayed the percentage (50% to 0%) of a given bacterial species in each sample. (B) The percentage changes in individual bacterial species in fecal samples from patients with diarrhea during and after recovery compared with that at admission. Each block was divided into two columns by white vertical lines, representing the relative percentage changes of given bacterial species during and after recovery, compared with that in feces at admission. The color value from red to yellow to green displayed the percentage (50% to 0% to −50%) of a given bacterial species in each sample. The negative percentage shows that the percentage of a given bacterial species was reduced compared with that detected at admission.