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Table 4 Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of enrolled participants

From: Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of enteric bacterial pathogens in human and non-human sources in an urban informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa

Characteristics

Occurrence or duration

Sex

Male

30 (45, 95% CI = 34–57)

Female

36 (55, 95% CI = 43–66)

Age range (months)

2–36

Mean duration of diarrhoea (±SD) days

2 (1.5)

Blood in stool (%)

3 (4.5, 95% CI = 1.6–13)

Vomiting (%)

13 (19.7, 95% CI = 12–31)

Fever (> 38 ̊C) (%)

11 (16.7, 95% CI = 10–27)

Weakness and dehydration (%)

30 (45.5, 95% CI = 34–57)

Cough (%)

6 (9.1, 95% CI = 4–18)

Belly pain (%)

3 (4.5, 95% CI = 1.6–13)

Cases on antibiotic therapy (%)

1(1.5, 95% CI = 0.3–8)