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Table 2 Detection of diarrhoeagenic E. coli from 537 diarrhoeal children and 113 control children from Al-Adan and Al-Farwaniya hospitals, Kuwait

From: Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli are not a significant cause of diarrhoea in hospitalised children in Kuwait

 

No (%) of infected children

P value

Organism

Diarrhoeal

Control

 

ETECa

10 (1.86)

0 (0.00)

0.22

EPECb

45 (8.38)

8 (7.08)

0.85

EIECc

12 (2.24)

0 (0.00)

0.24

EHECd

4 (0.75)

0 (0.00)

1.00

EAECe

14 (2.61)

0 (0.00)

0.15

  1. aEnterotoxigenic E. coli bEnteropathogenic E. coli
  2. cEnteroinvasive E. coli d Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli
  3. eEnteroaggregative E. coli
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